American artist Roderick Mead was one of the few printmakers to work at Atelier 17 in Paris in the 1930s, New York in the 1940s and again in Paris in the 1950s.
"Wreck" was created at Atelier 17 in Paris in about 1936. This impression is a proof of Mead's most noted Surrealist image. A wrecked ship's rotting hull is attached by a rope to an animal's backbone, both of which are encased by spinal rock formations. For more information on the artist, please see our biography.
This impression was in the collection of fellow Atelier 17 artist, Cathan O'Toole.