Nantucket Woodcuts, A Microcosm of American History
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- ISBN 9781592704811
- Dimensions: 279 x 210mm
- Publication Date: 17 Sep 2026
- Publisher: Enchanted Lion Books
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Twenty-five miles off the coast of Massachusetts, there is a little island that is only four miles wide and 12 miles long, and yet it contains as much history per square mile as can possibly be imagined. From the Native American tribes who first lived on Nantucket and the English settlers who prospered there, to the booming whale industry and the battles of the American Revolution, Nantucket is a special place whose story is told here through a gripping text and striking woodcuts in vivid greens, blues, oranges, and blacks. This is a gorgeously produced picture book that is ripe for rediscovery, from an artist of the highest caliber worth celebrating!
Fritz Eichenberg (1901-1990) was a German American printmaker, professor, and publisher. He was a member of the National Academy of Design and the Royal Society of Arts, and his prints can be found in the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, among others. He was a summer resident of Nantucket for 40 years. Naoko Matsubara is a distinguished Japanese Canadian woodcut print artist based in Oakville, Ontario. She was born in 1937 on Shikoku Island and grew up in Kyoto. She studied at the Kyoto Academy of Fine Art, Carnegie Mellon, and the Royal College of Art in London. Since 1960, she has had more than 80 solo exhibitions in the USA, Canada, Japan, England, Germany, and Mexico. Her work is held in major public institutions worldwide, such as the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the British Museum, the Kyoto National Museum of Modern Art, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and the Tokyo National Museum of Modern Art.
