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A black ink on rag paper woodcut of a frame house at the foot of a hill, by Herschel Logan. Logan, one of the Prairie Printmakers, executed this work in 1934. According to Logan, this is a scene near Manhattan, Kansas. Logan was born April 19, 1901 in Magnolia, Missouri, and the family moved to Winfield, Kansas, shortly afterwards. He attended the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. He worked as an advertising artist in Salina until his retirement in 1968. He moved to Santa Ana, California, in his retirement, where he died on December 8, 1987.
Creator: Herschel C. Logan
Date: 1934
Item Number: 222126
Call Number: 1977.170.9
KSHS Identifier: 1977.170.9
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Artists
Collections - Museum
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Art - Printmaking - Prairie Print Makers
Date - 1930s - 1934
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Original Art - Picture - Landscape
People - Notable Kansans - Logan, Herschel C., 1901-1987
Places - Cities and towns - Manhattan
Places - Counties - Riley
Thematic Time Period - Great Depression and Dust Bowl, 1929 - 1941
Type of Material - Objects and Artifacts
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