Marbles

 

Leona Pierce

  1921 - 2002 (biography)

1949  

color woodcut 

13 x 18 1/8" image 

pencil, lower right 

3 of 12  

pencil titled, editioned, lower right; dated after signature 

 

ivory Japanese wove 

published 

artist 

19604 

SOLD

Leona Pierce was married to the printmaker Antonio Frasconi and is known for her spirited color woodcuts of children at play. This woodcut depicts city chillden engrossed in a game of marbles, each intent on the shot and the pot.