Amalfi by Max Pollak
Amalfi
Max Pollak
Title
Amalfi
Artist
Max Pollak
1886 - 1970 (biography)Year
c. 1932
Technique
etching and color aquatint
Image Size
17 1/4 x 13" platemark
Signature
pencil, lower right
Edition Size
14; 20 impressions printed
Annotations
pencil titled, in lower left; also in lower left corner of the paper inscribed "printed a 20"; bears the red FPC collector's stamp in the lower left; from the collection of Friedl Pollak
Reference
No. 69 on the checklist of titles included in Pollak's exhibition at the University of California, April 3 - May 15, 1949
Paper
fine, antique-white wove
State
published
Publisher
artist
Inventory ID
22550
Price
SOLD
Description
Amalfi is an ancient, picturesque town in the province of Salerno, Italy on the Gulf of Salerno. It was the seat of a powerful maritime republic between the 9th and 11th centuries. In Pollak’s etching the town’s colorful buildings appear to teeter on the hillside and the top of the bell tower of the Amalfi Cathedral looms above the town. The bell tower was constructed between the 12th and 13th centuries and is topped by a crown elaborately decorated with marble and majolica in the Arab-Norman style. In medieval culture, Amalfi was famous for its flourishing schools of law and mathematics.
In this time of catastrophic events, we are fortunate that Max Pollak and other artists left visual records of so many historic and beautiful sites.