Olin Dows "Market: Riga" 1933 Wood Engraving Print gas truck I believe for brushing hair

I believe for brushing hair off of the neck after a haircut

" the maker

olives or crackers

filled with what looks like a large philadendron leaf

dating from sometime between the 1940s and 60s

Olin Dows "Market: Riga" 1933 Wood Engraving Print gas truck I believe for brushing hairThis 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