(Embrace) by Jack McLarty

(Embrace) by Jack McLarty

(Embrace)

Jack McLarty

Title

(Embrace)

 
Artist

Jack McLarty

  1919 - 2011 (biography)
Year
c. 1945  
Technique
woodcut 
Image Size
4 13/16 x 2 3/8" image size 
Signature
pencil, lower right 
Edition Size
proof, edition not stated but presumed small 
Annotations
 
Reference
 
Paper
gold laid Japanese 
State
proof 
Publisher
 
Inventory ID
19094 
Price
SOLD
Description

Portland, Oregon artist Jack McLarty uses the power and simplicity of negative space to depict two embracing figures in this early-career woodcut. The narrow format and use of tinted paper was also a recurring style choice for the prolific artist, who worked in woodcut, intaglio, and lithography printmaking, as well as in oils and acrylics. McLarty finds the balance between passion and tenderness in this image, a theme he returned to throughout his career.