Olin Dows "Market: Riga" 1933 Wood Engraving Print stained glass 75" diameter x 1

75" diameter x 1

I fell in the love with this guy the moment I saw him

but that's part of what makes it wonderful

I am not certain the date of this painting but would guess mid-to-late 19th century

Olin Dows "Market: Riga" 1933 Wood Engraving Print stained glass 75" diameter x 1This 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