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Artworks
Cornelia MacIntyre Foley American, 1909-2010
Girl with Calabash, 1937 (ca.)Wood engraving10 ⅛ x 7 ⅜ "Private collectionCornelia Foley cut sinuous contour lines, with minimal areas of hatching and shading, into her wood block to simply and sensually define the form of a young woman holding a...Cornelia Foley cut sinuous contour lines, with minimal areas of hatching and shading, into her wood block to simply and sensually define the form of a young woman holding a calabash. She complemented the smooth sideways movement of the woman's body with the flowing pattern of her pareu and the gentle sway of surrounding foliage. Honolulu Printmakers distributed this elegant composition of pleasing rhythms and undulating forms as its annual gift print in 1937.Publications
Severson, Don R, Michael D Horikawa, and Jennifer Saville. Finding Paradise: Island Art in Private Collections, Honolulu Academy of Arts. Honolulu: Honolulu Academy Of Arts, University Of Hawaii Press, 2002.
