(Le Puy, France) by Cora May Boone

(Le Puy, France) by Cora May Boone

(Le Puy, France)

Cora May Boone

Title

(Le Puy, France)

 
Artist

Cora May Boone

  1871 - 1953 (biography)
Year
c. 1913  
Technique
watercolor 
Image Size
11 1/8 x 14 3/4" image 
Signature
CORA BOONE in pigment lower right 
Edition Size
1 of 1 unique 
Annotations
 
Reference
 
Paper
watercolor paper 
State
 
Publisher
 
Inventory ID
18579 
Price
SOLD
Description

The city of Le-Puy-en-Velay is located in the south central Auvergne-Rhone-Alps region of France. The region is known for its lace making and green lentil production, and the city itself is a major attraction for its 11th century cathedrals and churches featuring unusual granite and volcanic rock detailing, as well as its bucolic setting and the dramatic geological formations found within the city limits.

When Cora Boone created this watercolor, she had not yet begun her journey into white-line printmaking. However, her use of bold strokes and saturated color is evident as a precursor to her more well-known woodcut style in this idyllic, Impressionist view of a quiet side street on a sunny afternoon.