John De Pol and The Woodcut Society
Mill on the Aspetuck
1951
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Wood engraving, Sheet: 219 × 166 mm. (8 5/8 × 6 9/16 in.)
Image: 149 × 100 mm. (5 7/8 × 3 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Dr. Raymond D. Havens, 1954
Object Number
1998.1.2
On printed folio: 'MILL ON / THE ASPETUCK / A WOOD ENGRAVING BY / JOHN DE POL / WITH AN APPRECIATION / BY NORMAN KENT, N.A. / THE WOODCUT SOCIETY / NEW YORK·1952'.
Beall, Karen F., American Prints in the Library of Congress: A Catalog of the Collection, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1970, p. 131 no. 5. Czestochowski, Joseph S., James Swann: In Quest of a Printmaker; With Presentation Prints of the Chicago Society of Etchers, Prairie Print Makers, and the Woodcut Society, Cedar Rapids, Iowa: Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, 1990, no. 42 ill p. 154.
Signed: 1
Inscribed: RECTO: BR Corner in matrix: 'DE POL'; LL margin (graphite): 'MILL ON THE ASPETUCK'; signed LR margin (graphite): 'JOHN DE POL'. On verso of portfolio: 'MILL ON THE ASPETUCK / A wood engraving by John De Pol is the 42nd presentation print in a limited edition exclusively for the members of the Woodcut Society, Box 355, Hicksville, New York. The folio was printed by L.F. White Company, Inc., New York'.
Markings: BASINGWERK PARCHMENT
