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August Moon

ca. 1905
Five color wood block print on heavy cream Japanese paper
Image 4 1/2 x 7 in. (1.3 x 17.8 cm)

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

Philadelphia, PA

 GAAnonymous
Boats at Rest

c. 1895
oil on canvas
66 x 91.4 cm (26 x 36 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, IL

notes
Ownership History: Private collection, New England, to 1990; Spanierman Gallery, New York, 1990; sold to The Art Institute of Chicago, 1990.
GAAnonymous
Dragon and Orchard

c. 1908
color woodcut
Sheet - h:25.40 w:19.20 cm (h:10 w:7 1/2 inches) Image - h:15.80 w:12.20 cm (h:6 3/16 w:4 3/4 inches)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, OH

 GAAnonymous
Marsh Creek

between 1903 and 1905
Color woodcut on cream Japanese paper
Image: 4 1/4 x 7 in. (10.8 x 17.8 cm) Sheet: 5 1/8 x 7 3/4 in. (13.0 x 19.7 cm) Mat: 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)

The Terra Foundation for American Art

Chicago, IL

notes
noramic scene by alternating broad areas of dense blue hues for the night sky and marsh water with the lighter bands of color representing the land. This print demonstrates the artist's interest in creating compositions that balance form and color and eschew the use of discrete line to delineate elements of the landscape.
GAAnonymous
Moonrise

Color woodcut on cream Japanese paper
Image: 4 1/4 x 7 in. (10.8 x 17.8 cm) Sheet: 5 1/4 x 7 7/8 in. (13.3 x 20.0 cm) Mat: 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)

The Terra Foundation for American Art

Chicago, IL

notes
k in order to change the position of the moon, which he also made fuller. Instead of well up in the sky, here the moon peeks over a clump of trees on the horizon, and its reflection glimmers on the water. Besides making each of these impressions of virtually the same set of blocks a unique work, Dow's subtle color variations and slight compositional...
GAAnonymous
The Argilla Road

1912
color woodblock print
4 1/4 x 7 1/16 in. (image) 6 7/16 x 9 in. (sheet)

Indianapolis Museum of Art

Indianapolis, IN

 GAAnonymous
The Dory

Color woodcut on off-white Japanese paper
12.8 x 5.8 cm. (5 1/16 x 2 5/16 in.)

Princeton University, Art Museum

Princeton, NJ

 GAAnonymous
The Hill Field

1908-1910
oil on canvas mounted on paperboard
14 x 19 7/8 in. (35.5 x 50.5 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

 GAAnonymous
The Long Road--Argilla Road, Ipswich

ca. 1898
Colored inks on laid paper
Sheet: 5 3/8 x 8 1/2 in. (13.7 x 21.6 cm) Image: 4 1/4 x 7 1/16 in. (10.8 x 17.9 cm)

Brooklyn Museum

New York, NY

notes
rrangement of colors and shapes. Dow's ideas were disseminated widely through he influential art manual Composition (1899), which was heavily illustrated with Japanese examples.
GAAnonymous
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