Tree Planted by the Waters, Psalm 1 - Woodcut by Josef Bossaert - 1979

Expressively cut black-and-white woodcut: a leafy tree laden with fruit, leaning over the current of a river. Pencilled below the image is the Dutch verse "Hij is als een boom, bij water geplant" (Psalm 1:3, "He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water"). By the Belgian artist Josef Bossaert (1915-2006), in a very small edition, numbered 3/5, signed and dated in pencil.

Medium: Woodcut printed in black on cream laid paper.
Artist: Josef Bossaert (1915-2006), Belgian artist.
Signature: signed and dated in pencil, "… 79"; numbered 3/5.
Date: 1979.
Dimensions: Image 5.9 x 4.0 in (15 x 10.2 cm); sheet 10.2 x 7.9 in (26 x 20 cm).
Condition: Excellent.