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ENGRAVINGS ON  WOOD
by Leo Bensemann

 

DEATH AND THE WOODCUTTER
Exhibited, Group Show, 1940 as Illustration (Aesop's Fables)? printed from a metal block, that was probably made from a print taken from an original woodblock which no longer exists; an illustration of Aesop's fable about the woodcutter who calls for Death to come and take him, whereupon Death unexpectedly appears, thus illustrating the maxim: we would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified; 275 x 210mm