Matthew II

Print

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Purdue University Galleries

Name/Title

Matthew II

Entry/Object ID

1991.05

Description

This woodcut shows a person from below. They have one leg over their knee and lounging in the back. The artist uses positive and negative space to show the shadows of the figure, the shading, perspective, background and dimension. The piece is woodcut due to the wood grain showing and the mark making itself.

Type of Print

Woodcut

Made/Created

Artist

Robert Browning Reed

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Woodcut

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Relief

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Print

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Height

20-3/16 in

Width

16-1/4 in

Color

Black, Tan