Forbidden Fruit by William Seltzer Rice

Forbidden Fruit by William Seltzer Rice

Forbidden Fruit

William Seltzer Rice

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Title

Forbidden Fruit

 
Artist
Year
c. 1925  
Technique
color woodcut with handcoloring 
Image Size
13 1/4 x 12 7/8" image 
Signature
pencil, lower right 
Edition Size
fewer than 12 impressions 
Annotations
pencil titled, lower left 
Reference
 
Paper
fine laid 
State
published 
Publisher
artist 
Inventory ID
PMJ296 
Price
$5,000.00 
Description

William S. Rice added hand coloring to brighten the composition of this large color woodcut, which was done around 1925. A dynamic, color-saturated piece that injects elegance to the lively subjects.

The white Sulfer Crested Cockatoo and colorful Scarlet Macaw were neighbors of the artist, William S. Rice. His daughter, Roberta Treseder, recalled that the macaw was named Lolita and she lived next door while the cockatoo lived around the block. Rice would frequently visit the birds to make sketches of each of them, and for this piece he combined his two feathered friends in one image. Lolita sits on her ring perch as the cockatoo watches on from the other side of a bowl filled with pears, oranges, and grapes. Both birds eye the "forbidden fruit" on the table as Lolita prepares to enjoy some grapes - or perhaps she is offering some to her visitor in a humorous reference to the tale of Adam and Eve.

 

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