An abstract black-and-white print of graphic, tubular shapes that intertwine and snake together to resemble boxers.

Shadow Boxing

John J. A. Murphy (1888-1967)

Date

1924
Object Type

Prints
Medium

Woodcut
Dimensions

Image: 8 x 9 in.
Sheet: 11 1/4 x 12 1/8 in.
Edition

unknown
Inscriptions

Recto:
signed, l.r. below image in graphite: John J A Murphy.
Verso:
l.l. in graphite: Shadow Boxing 186
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

1989.12
Copyright

Status undetermined

American Masters of the Woodcut

March 29–October 12, 2003

This exhibition presents a survey of the resurgence of relief printmaking in America, when it was transformed into a lively art form well suited to accommodate a highly personal and experimental approach to graphic expression.
Modern Masters of the Woodcut

November 8, 2014–January 18, 2015

This exhibition showcases the evolution of the woodcut, proving that while the methodology of woodblock printing is not much changed over the last century, the pliant medium is capable of bold new forms of artistic expression.

Location: Off view

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