
"Block painting" is a technique developed by Charles Smith which combines oil painting and woodcut printing. See inscription for 54.20.1 for more information.
Signed Charles Smith in ink lower left quadrant
Inscribed in graphite lower left: "Spring 1946" and "arrangement"
John Barton Payne Fund
"How a Block Painting is Made", Virginia Museum Traveling Exhibition, 1954-1981
©artist or artist’s estate
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