Low Country (South Carolina) by Elizabeth O'Neill Verner
Low Country (South Carolina)
Elizabeth O'Neill Verner
Title
Low Country (South Carolina)
Artist
Elizabeth O'Neill Verner
1883 - 1979 (biography)Year
c. 1930
Technique
etching
Image Size
6 15/16 x 5 1/16" platemark
Signature
pencil, lower right
Edition Size
65 of 80
Annotations
pencil titled and editioned 65/80; numbered "65" in center of lower margin.
Reference
Library of Congress 14
Paper
antique-white wove with partial heraldic watermark.
State
published
Publisher
artist
Inventory ID
18840
Price
SOLD
Description
Elizabeth O'Neil Verner's print of old oaks draped in Spanish moss pays homage to her home and early life, and the vestages of plantation culture. Raised in Charleston, S.C., Verner studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts under Thomas Anschutz.
She taught herself the art of Japanese printing techniques, and took up etching in 1923. By the 1930s Verner had established herself as one of Charleston's leading cultural figures, highlighting the daily life and beauty of South Carolina's Low Country in pastels, block prints and, as shown here, in etching.