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One Of The Most Praised Printmakers Of The 1920s And 1930s, Wanda Gag (1893-1946) Produced An Inventive Body Of Work Dealing With The Forces Of Nature And Infusing Everyday Objects With Special Character And Energy. Her Work Reflects Her Minnesota Childhood, Her Bohemian Immigrant Roots, And Her Self-image As A New Woman. Continually Struggling With The Financial And Personal Demands Of Her Artistic Career, Gag Was, Ironically, Most Famous For Millions Of Cats (1928), One Of Her Illustrated Children's Books. Presenting The First Catalogue Raisonne Of Gag's Prints, Audur H. Winnan Includes 196 Lithographs, Wood Engravings, Linoleum Cuts, Etchings, And Study Drawings. Among The Featured Prints Are The Well-known Lamplight, Elevated Station, Grandma's Kitchen, Grandma's Parlor, And Stone Crusher. Gag's Media And Methods Are Described, Often In The Artist's Own Words, Including Her Unusual Use Of Sandpaper As A Matrix For Lithographs And As A Support For Brush-and-ink Drawings And Watercolors. Also Featuring Many Of Her Watercolors And Drawings, The Book Traces Each Step Of Gag's Career And Her Role In The New York Art World. Winnan Completes Her Portrait With Selections From Gag's Exp

Author

Audur H. Winnan

Publisher

Smithsonian Institution Press; Smithsonian

Published

1993

Language

EN

ISBN

9781560982210

Subjects

Art, Arts

Updated

2026-03-24