1987 Gordon Hartshorne Limited Edition Woodcut "A Secret Place"
Item Details
A 1987 limited edition woodcut on paper titled A Secret Place by listed Illinois artist Gordon Hartshorne (1926-2004). This abstract work depicts a yellow and a red form underneath a mottled blue that curled and winds through a speckled green ground. It is numbered thirteen out of an edition of fifty, titled, and signed in pencil along the bottom.This work is presented with a white mat, under glass, in a gold tone wooden frame, wired for hanging.
Chicago-born Hartshorne studied at the University of Illinois-Champaign and served in the U.S Navy, before working as an art director for publishing firm Rand McNally and Company for thirty-six years. He studied Japanese woodcut methods for decades, and used the traditional medium to depict the American landscape.For more artist information, please see link attached below.
Condition
- some marks to the left side of glass.
Dimensions
- measurement of the frame; the visible image measures approximately 14.5" W x 14.5" H.
Item #
17CHI027-058
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