Olin Dows "Washing Women" Taxco, Mexico, 1933 Wood Engraving Danish modern teak figures it would make a terrific

it  would make a terrific paperweight on a stylish desk or a subtle yet striking addition to a grouping of any manner of interesting objects

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Olin Dows "Washing Women" Taxco, Mexico, 1933 Wood Engraving Danish modern teak figures it would make a terrificThis 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