Wiston River by Frank Morley Fletcher
Wiston River
Frank Morley Fletcher
Title
Wiston River
Artist
Year
c. 1911
Technique
color woodcut
Image Size
8 3/8 x 14 5/8" image
Signature
pencil, lower right
Edition Size
42 of 100
Annotations
pencil titled and editioned, lower left margin
Reference
Paper
antique-white Japan laid
State
published
Publisher
artist
Inventory ID
21876
Price
$2,500.00
Description
Wiston River is a bucolic landscape portraying the countryside of West Sussex. The image implies quiet and reflection, animals graze on expansive pastureland, trees and shrubs cast long reflections upon a placid river, and a lone boy, hanging on to the small wooden bridge, awaits a tug on his fishing line. There are numerous color variations within the edition but the composition is pulled together by various hues of green. Nancy E. Green commented about Fletcher’s color woodcuts: “Muted colors are often contrasted with saturated bright greens and turquoise; in this he paid homage to Puvis de Chavannes, the French artist Fletcher admired (above all others) for his selection of beautiful tones and colors for the spiritual harmony found in all his works.”