Pier 39

 

Herman Roderick Volz

  1904 - 1990 (biography)

1940  

lithograph 

9 7/8 x 12" image 

pencil, lr 

53 of 150  

pencil titled, ll 

illustrated on page 7 in the San Francisco Chronicle, Sunday, March 10, 1940 

ivory Warren's Oldestyle watermarked wove paper 

published 

San Francisco Chronicle, Contemporary Graphics, this was from the first series of signed prints and was offered in the Chronicle on Sunday, March 10, 1940 

BEPA104 

SOLD

This was the first of five lithographs offered by the San Francisco Chronicle on Sunday, March 10, 1940, in their series Contemporary Graphics. Pier 39 has changed dramatically since 1940 when Herman Volz produced this modernist rendition of a fishing pier. Today this structure has been replaced and Pier 39 is now a popular tourist attraction in San Francisco. From Pier 39 one has a view of Angel Island, Alcatraz, and the Golden Gate and Bay Bridges. Pier 39 is probably best known for the sea lions that sun bathe on the docks.