Cauliflower, by Ruth Chrisman Gannett, Amer., (1896-1979) Wood Engraving Penman was an early resident

Penman was an early resident of Byrdcliffe

noting their work was created "from their own depths and not from the stereotypes of Classical or fashionable art"

CT for many years

6-1/2 x 6-1/2

sensuous and highly erotic quality as well

Cauliflower, by Ruth Chrisman Gannett, Amer., (1896-1979) Wood Engraving Penman was an early residentLithograph, Ed. unknown, 7 1 4 x 7 5 8, three areas of old tape residue to top center margin edge and corners, signed in pencil, on thick warm white wove paper, 17 x 12 x 12 5 8. Ruth Chrisman Gannett is best known perhaps as the illustrator of John Steinbeck's Tortilla Flats and the children's book My Father's Dragon, written by her stepdaughter Ruth Stiles Gannett Kahn. Ruth Chrisman Gannett created a number of fine lithographs in the 1930's 50's,