View from Russian Hill, S.F. by Nadine Porter Torrance
View from Russian Hill, S.F.
Nadine Porter Torrance
Title
View from Russian Hill, S.F.
Artist
Nadine Porter Torrance
1900 - 1974 (biography)Year
c. 1930
Technique
etching
Image Size
7 x 4 7/8" platemark
Signature
pencil, lower right
Edition Size
not stated, presumed small
Annotations
titled in pencil
Reference
Paper
cream textured wove
State
published
Publisher
artist
Inventory ID
15888
Price
SOLD
Description
A commanding view in miniature from the famously steep hills of San Francisco; in this case, the top of Russian Hill looking east out over the Bay toward Oakland and Berkeley. Lombard runs below, and int he distance a dramatic sky signals an approaching storm. Torrance doesn't miss a detail, capturing the laundry fluttering on the line and, on the balconies of an adjacent apartment building, potted plants hiding safely beneath their awnings.