Title
Handmade paper, white flax fiber, blue and yellow pigment.
Coverage
Douglass Morse Howell (1906-1994)
Date
ca. 1960s – ca. 1970s
Description
By the 1960s, Douglass Morse Howell, active 1946–84, was an accomplished papermaker who created unique decorated papers using colored and textured pulp made of beaten and semi-beaten raw flax, vintage linen textiles, and other materials. From these papers, he made fine art, as well as utilitarian sheets of paper, blank books, and broadsides.
Source
Thomas J. Watson Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Alexandra Soteriou