"Wood She Or Wouldn't She?" by M. G. Martin, Amer., (1931-2013) Engraving Thorpe often favored a dramatic

Thorpe often favored a dramatic black background to focus the viewer's attention on the vibrant color and delicate silhouette of blooms and foliage

but a forest of factories with smokestacks spewing billowing clouds of smoke

reproduced as here by Prang for a broader market still fascinated by the romance of the American west

not obtrusive

an artist cooperative print studio set up in Kent

"Wood She Or Wouldn't She?" by M. G. Martin, Amer., (1931-2013) Engraving Thorpe often favored a dramaticColor Woodcut, 2004, Ed. 6 6, signed titled, dated and numbered in pencil, on cream wove japan paper. A late and witty bilaterally symmetrical biomorphic abstraction by the artist in a small edition and fine condition.