Two Children
Date1932
Artist
Richard Floethe
(American illustrator and designer, 1901–1988)
MediumColor woodcut
Dimensionscomposition: 10 5/8 × 7 7/8 in. (27 × 20 cm)
sheet: 13 1/2 × 10 5/8 in. (34.3 × 27 cm)
sheet: 13 1/2 × 10 5/8 in. (34.3 × 27 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1989
Object number1989-30
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Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextTrained at the Bauhaus in Weimar, Germany, before moving the United States, Floethe became a highly successful designer and illustrator specializing in children's books. With its simplified forms and flat colors, this woodcut is typical of his style.
