Death and the Sower

Print

Purdue University Galleries

Name/Title

Death and the Sower

Entry/Object ID

2005.05.06

Description

This woodcut is printed black on white paper. The print has motifs of suns, a moon, stars, figures, bones and religious themes. The two figures are holding each other under the rays of this light. One seems to be living and the other seems to be a skeleton. The fires are mainly represented in their carvings while the sky is represented in the non-carved spots.

Type of Print

Woodcut

Artwork Details

Medium

Paper, ink

Acquisition

Accession

2005.05

Source or Donor

K. Gayle Stubbs Vogel

Made/Created

Artist

Hans Friedrich Grohs

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Woodcut

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Relief

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Color

Black, White