Kraft Winery on Hudson Street, St. Helena by Gail Ann Packer
Kraft Winery on Hudson Street, St. Helena
Gail Ann Packer
Title
Kraft Winery on Hudson Street, St. Helena
Artist
Gail Ann Packer
1945 - 2008 (biography)Year
1989
Technique
color intaglio
Image Size
15 13/16 x 19 7/8" platemark
Signature
pencil signed, lower right
Edition Size
133 of 200
Annotations
pencil titled and editioned; copyright symbol annotated beside date
Reference
Paper
cream wove
State
published
Publisher
artist
Inventory ID
25501
Price
$700.00
Description
The historic Kraft Winery was built in 1885 in St. Helena, California, a part of the Napa Valley wine region. It's stone cellar and Victorian farmhouse, seen in this summery intaglio, are now a part of the Spotswood Winery. The property now sports more buildings and the cellar has lost its sloped roof to a straight one to acommodate a solar panel, but Packer's depiction of the area remains spot-on. She captures the quiet, peaceful nature of the valley with the famous silhouette of Mount St. Helena in the background, and features native California fauna and flora - quail and angelica flowers - in her decorative border.