The Sun Runs Its Course - Woodcut by Josef Bossaert - 1979

Original woodcut by the Belgian artist Josef A. M. Bossaert (1915-2006): the sun on high, radiating a sheaf of straight rays that fills the whole image, cut with the gouge against black. It illustrates Psalm 19: inscribed by hand below, "Hij gaat op, tot het einde reikt zijn baan, niets is beschut tegen zijn gloed. XIX, 7". 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