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House Tops

Type
Prints(Opens in new tab)
Date
1918
Accession number
2011.3.12
Maker
Mildred McMillen(Opens in new tab) (American, 1884–1940)
Dimensions
17 1/4 x 14 3/4 in. (43.8 x 37.5 cm.) sheet: 21 3/4 x 18 5/8 in. (55.2 x 47.3 cm.)
Medium
woodcut
Credit
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of Hannah S. Kully
Department
American Art
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After studying printmaking in Paris, McMillen settled in Provincetown, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod in 1950. Even at that early date, the town was known as an artistic community. In this striking woodcut, McMillen plays with the steeply pitched roofs and the line of laundry strung in the foreground, emphasizing the geometric rhythm created by the Provincetown buildings.

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