Grandpa’s Grindstone by William Seltzer Rice

Grandpa’s Grindstone by William Seltzer Rice

Grandpa’s Grindstone

William Seltzer Rice

Title

Grandpa’s Grindstone

 
Artist
Year
c. 1940  
Technique
linocut 
Image Size
9 x 12" image 
Signature
pencil, lower right 
Edition Size
about 15 impressions 
Annotations
titled in pencil in lower left; inscribed in pencil in lower left corner: Calaveras Big Tree Hotel 
Reference
BP1 
Paper
Japanese paper 
State
published 
Publisher
artist 
Inventory ID
RRT592 
Price
SOLD
Description
In this abstract like linocut, Rice produced a piece cropped into a focused view of a doorstep. With snow covered branches forming borders to encapsulate this heavily carved piece, Rice does a beautiful job of creating a small scene with a grindstone.