Rain
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
Characteristic features of Japanese art that Bertha Lum incorporated in this landscape include the strong diagonal composition, dramatic leap from foreground to background, and theme of weather conditions. She also adopted traditional Japanese printing techniques, often employing native craftsmen to assist her. For instance, the hand-painting of the woodblocks (different blocks would be used for different colors) create subtle gradations of hue—particularly noticeable in the sky and sea—and a unique impression for each print.
Caption
Bertha Lum American, 1879–1954. Rain, 1908. Color woodcut on cream, thin, Japanese wove paper, Sheet: 11 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (29.2 x 16.5 cm) Image: 11 x 6 5/16 in. (27.9 x 16 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, 63.108.2. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 63.108.2_PS1.jpg)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
Rain
Date
1908
Medium
Color woodcut on cream, thin, Japanese wove paper
Classification
Dimensions
Sheet: 11 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (29.2 x 16.5 cm) Image: 11 x 6 5/16 in. (27.9 x 16 cm)
Signatures
Signed along bottom edge in pencil, "Copyright 1908 by / Bertha Lum / No / 1[9?]0" From Catalog Sheet: Signed, "Copyright 1908 by" in margin, "Bertha Lum" in lower center of composition
Markings
Inscription: in pencil, bottom edge: "Copyright 1908 by / Bertha Lum"; "No / 190"
Credit Line
Gift of the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts
Accession Number
63.108.2
Rights
© artist or artist's estate
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