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[From the Community Collection, a public trust in Agincourt, Iowa]
PLATT, John Edgar [1886–1967; British]
“Building the Trawler”
1929
woodcut / 25.1 cm x 37.2 cm / edition of 72
Platt was one of the earliest British artists to incorporate aspects of Japanese ukiyo-e or floating world printmaking in his work.
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