Olin Dows "Market: Riga" 1933 Wood Engraving Print Egyptian imagery 2 7/8" across at widest

2 7/8" across at widest

Well worn but all the better for it

I love him all the more for the fact that he is pretty battered at this point--though happily he remains structurally solid

The puppet measures 12" tall by 3" wide and deep

Olin Dows "Market: Riga" 1933 Wood Engraving Print Egyptian imagery 2 7/8" across at widestThis striking wood engraving by Olin Dows (1904 1981) titled Market: Riga is one of a series of prints the artist created while traveling in the 1930s (I believe Riga refers to Riga, Latvia, though the concentration of the artist's travels during this time were in Mexico and Central America.) As with many of his works in this series, the figures are anonymous, their faces veiled by scarves, tightly knotted at their necks, suggesting an infinite