Venice, Ponte San Pietro by Max Pollak

Venice, Ponte San Pietro by Max Pollak

Venice, Ponte San Pietro

Max Pollak

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Title

Venice, Ponte San Pietro

 
Artist

Max Pollak

  1886 - 1970 (biography)
Year
c. 1915  
Technique
etching 
Image Size
5 1/4 x 6 3/18" platemark 
Signature
pencil, lower right 
Edition Size
not stated, presumed under 10 
Annotations
pencil titled lower left; red Friedl Pollak Collection stamp in lower left sheet corner, recto.; "Made in Austria" ink stamped on verso 
Reference
 
Paper
cream wove vellum paper 
State
proof 
Publisher
artist 
Inventory ID
22674 
Price
$400.00 
Description

Max Pollak, like many other early 20th-century printmakers, pays homage to James Abbott McNeill Whistler, traveling to Venice, Italy, and recording the backstreets of the city.

This composition is abstracted, quickly drawn onto the plate emphasizing a gondola beneath the bridge. The bridge itself is cut in half, windows are implied, and an object intrudes into the lower left, like a Japanese print. The viewers are left to create the whole moment with their imagination.

This bridge is likely one connecting the Venetian island of San Pietro di Castello, formerly Olivolo. It is located in the Venetian Lagoon and forms part of the Castello sestiere. It is linked to the main islands of Venice by two bridges.

 

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