Arizona Adobe

William Seltzer Rice

William Selzer Rice is primarily known for his extraordinary color woodcuts but he also experimented in many media including etching, drypoint, sandpaper drypoint, linocut, lithography, watercolor and monotype. Arizona Adobe is probably based upon a photograph that Rice took during his 1907 trip to the desert where he visited sites which are now within the boundaries of Arizona and New Mexico. Rice painted his image onto a printing matrix and his brushstrokes are clearly evident. The technique combined with the smaller format makes the scene seem very intimate.