San Francisco, Mission Dolores by Max Pollak

San Francisco, Mission Dolores by Max Pollak

San Francisco, Mission Dolores

Max Pollak

Title

San Francisco, Mission Dolores

 
Artist

Max Pollak

  1886 - 1970 (biography)
Year
1945  
Technique
color drypoint, etching & aquatint 
Image Size
14 3/4 x 13 3/8" platemark 
Signature
pencil, lower right 
Edition Size
60 of 150  
Annotations
pencil titled and editioned 
Reference
Triton catalogue 68, illustrated in black and white 
Paper
cream laid vellum paper 
State
published 
Publisher
artist 
Inventory ID
17723 
Price
SOLD
Description
Mission Dolores (Mission San Francisco de Asis) was founded by Lieutenant Jose Joaquin Moraga and Father Francisco Palou in 1776. It is the sixth in the chain of missions in California and is the oldest surviving structure in San Francisco. Dedicated in 1791, the present church still functions as an important community and religious center. The façade has remained virtually untouched since it was built. The location for the mission was selected based upon its proximity to the Arroyo de los Dolores. Pollak added a remarque, a small drawing, in the lower margin of a covered wagon on a trail. See our link to the artist's biography above.