The Long Road – Argilla Road, Ipswich, Arthur Wesley Dow, ca. 1898–1912


The Long Road – Argilla Road, Ipswich, ca. 1898–1912, Color woodcut, image: 4 1/4 x 7 1/16 in. ( x cm), Prints, Arthur Wesley Dow (American, Ipswich, Massachusetts 1857–1922 New York State), The horizontal orientation of this landscape is unusual for Dow, but its few elements are arranged with his characteristic Japanese sensibility. The low clump of trees at right is cropped by the paper's edge; the receding road rises in a calligraphic loop toward the horizon; and the planes of ground, sky, and foliage are expressed with blocks of color


Size: 5216px × 3629px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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