1919. Woodblock, 10-1/4″ x 15″. Framed in a custom hand carved mitered frame with special rounded corners; 3/4″ wide. In walnut with black wash and carved and painted flute near sight edge.
I took advantage here of the natural affinity between the picture and the frame—an affinity with respect to both the subject matter and the medium. The architecture of the frame, in particular the shaping of its corners, found inspiration in the architecture of the pictured Golden Temple; while the technique of the woodblock print suggested the fine carved line. The natural color of the walnut, which I simply oiled, matched the brown of the trunk of the tree at the center of the print, and I used a complementary blue milk paint to color the carved line.
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