Olin Dows "Market: Riga" 1933 Wood Engraving Print Egyptian imagery I found it at a

I found it at a terrific estate sale in Concord

I love him all the more for the fact that he is pretty battered at this point--though happily he remains structurally solid

a "Nutting Party

or flowering branches

The interior is divided into one larger and one smaller section

Olin Dows "Market: Riga" 1933 Wood Engraving Print Egyptian imagery I found it at aThis striking wood engraving by Olin Dows (1904 1981) titled Market: Riga is one of a series of prints the artist created while traveling in the 1930s (I believe Riga refers to Riga, Latvia, though the concentration of the artist's travels during this time were in Mexico and Central America.) As with many of his works in this series, the figures are anonymous, their faces veiled by scarves, tightly knotted at their necks, suggesting an infinite