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WILLIAM H. JOHNSON (1901 - 1970)
Untitled (Bazaars behind Olso Domkirke)
.
Woodcut on a heavy, fibrous handmade buff paper, circa 1935. 292x318 mm; 11
1
/
2
x12
1
/
2
inches, thread-
to 1 inch margins.Artist’s proof.A very good dark, inky impression of this extremely scarce print.
Provenance: the estate of Holcha Krake; by descent to her sister ErnaVoll; her daughter KarenVoll;
her granddaughter JohannaVoll.
We have not located any other impressions of this print.William H. Johnson made another similar
woodcut of The Domkirke, one of Oslo’s most prominent churches, and an oil painting.The alternate
view woodcut,
Oslo Domkirke (Behind the Bazaar)
, is illustrated in
William H. Jonson:Truth BeTold
. His
oil painting
Bazaars behind Church, Oslo
, circa 1935, is in the collection of the Smithsonian American
Art Museum,Washington, DC, and is illustrated in Richard J. Powell’s
Homecoming:The Art and Life
ofWilliam H. Johnson
. Turner/Dailey 34; Powell 78.
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