Head by Dick Swift

Head by Dick Swift

Head

Dick Swift

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Title

Head

 
Artist

Dick Swift

  1918 - 2010 (biography)
Year
1950  
Technique
lithograph with transfer 
Image Size
14 1/2 x 10" image 
Signature
pencil, lower right 
Edition Size
T.P. (trial proof) 
Annotations
titled, lower left; dated after signature 
Reference
 
Paper
cream wove 
State
published 
Publisher
artist 
Inventory ID
DSW114 
Price
$450.00 
Description

Remnants of lace, patterned fabrics, and the imprint of delicate stemmed plants drift through this portrait of a woman who appears to be standing before a mirror or looking through a window. Bursts of star-like shapes tumble across the bottom and two small dots - one at her temple and one at her throat - enclose the shapes of babies still in the womb. A tender, haunting visage that appears personal and surreal at once.

Dick Swift's exact process for this work isn't entirely clear, as some of the linework is drawn and some appears to have been transferred onto the stone. Either way, his experimental nature is laid bare in this curious and elegant work and is exemplary of a key time in American modern art history.

 
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