As the Deer Longs for Water - Woodcut by Josef Bossaert - 1979

Original woodcut by the Belgian artist Josef A. M. Bossaert (1915-2006): a doe lying in the depths of the wood, worked in whites cut with the gouge against the solid black of the wood. It illustrates Psalm 42: inscribed by hand below, "Zoals een hinde verlangt naar waterbronnen. XXXXII, 2". Numbered 3/5 and signed and dated in pencil 1979.

Medium: Woodcut
Artist / after: Josef A. M. Bossaert
Date: 1979
Dimensions: 8.0 x 10.3 in (20.2 x 26.2 cm)
Condition: Good condition; clean laid paper, impression of good contrast