Harbor by John von Wicht

Harbor by John von Wicht

Harbor

John von Wicht

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Title

Harbor

 
Artist

John von Wicht

  1888 - 1970 (biography)
Year
c. 1955  
Technique
lithograph 
Image Size
16 5/8 x 22 1/8" image size 
Signature
pencil, lower right 
Edition Size
not stated 
Annotations
pencil titled in lower left 
Reference
 
Paper
dark cream wove 
State
published 
Publisher
artist 
Inventory ID
13526 
Price
$1,000.00 
Description

During World War II, Von Wicht served as captain of a supply barge ferrying food to army transport ships in New York harbor. Harbor themes began to appear in his abstract paintings and prints. Harbor is explosive with the energy from Von Wicht’s broad strokes created by using the side of a litho crayon; the whirls of back-and-forth motion of the crayon; the dramatic vertical, diagonal, and horizontal tusche lines; and the gestural splashes of tusche across the stone. Amid this gestural abstraction, the visuals of the harbor are evident: masts, riggings, ships, docks, funnels, and flags.

 
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