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Winnowers (Loguivy)

1891
Not on view
One of the primary artists responsible for the renewal of the color printmaking tradition in late nineteenth-century France, Rivière started producing color woodcuts in 1890 after studying Japanese ukiyo-e prints. Composed from twelve separate woodblocks, this work was part of the artist’s most ambitious series, "Paysages Bretons" (Breton Landscapes). Rivière first visited the northwest region of Brittany in 1885. He drew inspiration there from observing local peasants working the land; here, two women winnow grain on a gently sloping hillside. The spindly pines that dominate the left side of the composition are a common motif in Rivière’s landscapes of Loguivy, a town where the artist eventually built a house and returned annually.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Winnowers (Loguivy)
  • Artist: Henri Rivière (French, Paris 1864–1951 Paris)
  • Date: 1891
  • Medium: Color woodcut from twelve blocks
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 13 5/16 × 20 3/8 in. (33.8 × 51.8 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: A. Hyatt Mayor Purchase Fund, Marjorie Phelps Starr Bequest, 2018
  • Object Number: 2018.818
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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Funeral Procession with Umbrellas (L’Enterrement aux Parapluies)
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The Wave (La Vague), from "L'Estampe Originale", Henri Rivière French, Lithograph
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Boats Anchored in Tréboul, Henri Rivière French, Watercolor, gouache, and fabricated black chalk
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