Pedro J. de Lemos (1882-1954)
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Title:
"Top o' The Hill"
Date:
1934
Size:
8 1/2" x 12"
Medium:
Color block print
Signed:
Signed L. R.
"Top o' The Hill" - 1934
Color block print, 8 1/2" x 12"
Titled in pencil lower left
Signed and dated in pencil lower right
1/3
"Lemos's prints also reflect the style and vocabulary of the Arts and Crafts movement. In 'Top O' the Hill', as in many works in this manner, the design of the bold, linear key block is contained by a heavy border line. The synoptic simplicity of design, the use of silhouettes and outlines, and the decorative flourishes are also characteristic of the style."
A Spectrum of Innovation - Color in American Printmaking- 1890-1960 by David Acton, page 94.
"The key block in 'Top o' The Hill' is far more dominant with heavy outlines, shadows, and foliage, but the printing of colors over the black mitigates this intensity, as with the orange-tan, which converts the shadows in the foreground into a distinct tonality."
Edwards/2015, page 70.
Color block print, 8 1/2" x 12"
Titled in pencil lower left
Signed and dated in pencil lower right
1/3
"Lemos's prints also reflect the style and vocabulary of the Arts and Crafts movement. In 'Top O' the Hill', as in many works in this manner, the design of the bold, linear key block is contained by a heavy border line. The synoptic simplicity of design, the use of silhouettes and outlines, and the decorative flourishes are also characteristic of the style."
A Spectrum of Innovation - Color in American Printmaking- 1890-1960 by David Acton, page 94.
"The key block in 'Top o' The Hill' is far more dominant with heavy outlines, shadows, and foliage, but the printing of colors over the black mitigates this intensity, as with the orange-tan, which converts the shadows in the foreground into a distinct tonality."
Edwards/2015, page 70.
