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Beautiful woodcut 'Cow milkster' - Jan Mankes. {1889 - 1920} At the bottom left of the block the monogram JM.
Jan Mankes (1889-1920) was a Dutch painter and graphic artist - He left behind an oeuvre of about 150, mainly small, paintings, about 100 drawings and about 50 prints - More than half of his work is nature the most important subject - In addition, he made self-portraits, portraits (especially of his father, his mother and his wife), still lifes, landscapes and interiors - Jan Mankes exhibited a lot during his life and was highly valued.
This original woodcut comes from the book, Jan Mankes, edition: Plasschaert A & Havelaar J. 1927 - For this woodcut, the original block from 1914 was used, end-sawn pear wood.
The woodcut is also called: "Woman sitting to the right, milking a cow" - According to information obtained, the woman depicted, Hiskje de Haan, is the milker at the neighbor of the Mankes family in Boven-Knijpe
Woodcut size: 192 x 142 mm.
Will be well packaged and sent by registered mail.