Makarska

 

Max Pollak

  1886 - 1970 (biography)

c. 1945  

color etching and aquatint 

15 5/8 x 9 7/8" platemark 

pencil, lower right 

12 of 20  

pencil titled, lower left, "Made in Austria" stamped on reverse 

 

heavy simile-vellum ivory wove 

published 

artist 

DASL137 

$1,800.00 

The Croatian city Makarska is the main destination of the Makarska Riviera, situated between the Biokovo Mountains and Adriatic Sea. This is a view of the town center with the steeple of St. Mark's Cathedral in the left of the plate and sailboats reflected in the calm water at the bottom of the plate. As with much of Croatia, a major hub of trade throughout the ages, the architecture is influenced by Byzantine, Venetian, Gothic, and Turkish styles. Max Pollak's rendering of the harbor, made minute against the face of the mountain, invites the viewer to relax and daydream.