Olin Dows "Washing Women" Taxco, Mexico, 1933 Wood Engraving animal painting along the seam

along the seam

This piece is in overall good antique condition

and a terrifically proud rooster at the top

as part of a head-to-toe ensemble that perhaps also included a perfectly tailored suit

from which I removed a National Geographic type photo of a leopard stapled to the back along with a hook

Olin Dows "Washing Women" Taxco, Mexico, 1933 Wood Engraving animal painting along the seamThis striking wood engraving by Olin Dows (1904 1981) titled Women Washing (Taxco) is one of a series of prints the artist created while traveling through Mexico and Central America in the 1930s. As with many of his works in this series, the figures are anonymous, their faces veiled (I assume these women are nuns), suggesting multitudes of such women, engaged in similarly laborious tasks, and also imparting a sense of reverence toward them. Through