Robert Whitmore Etching "Licking Valley"
Item Details
Robert Whitmore (Ohio; 1890-1979)
Licking Valley, 1924
Etching on paper
Signed to the lower margin
Numbered 23/100
Informational sheet affixed to the verso
An etching on paper titled Licking Valley by listed artist Robert Whitmore (Ohio; 1890-1979), dated 1924. This piece depicts a picturesque, high contrast view of Licking Valley through wide trees portrayed with intricate linework. The work is signed and editioned 23 out of 100 to the lower margin. This composition is presented mounted on a foam board.
In 1924, Licking Valley by Robert Whitmore was awarded the W.A. Bryan Prize as the Best American Print for the Fifth International Print Maker’s Exhibition in Los Angeles. The composition is similar, but not identical, to a painting with the same title that Whitmore created in 1919. In the previous year, listed artist Edward Hopper (New York/Massachusetts; 1882-1967) was awarded the same prize for his print East Side Interior.
Robert H. Whitmore was a painter, printmaker and draughtsman born in Dayton, Ohio on February 22, 1890. Whitmore studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Cincinnati Art Academy, deriving his impressionistic style from the artistic movement of the time. Whitmore preferred to work directly from nature, believing that it produced an honest interpretation of the world around us. In the 1920s, Whitmore began teaching at the Dayton Art Institute before settling into a position at Antioch College for thirty years.
Condition
- minor wear along the edges of matting; wear, minor tears, pinhole perforations and creases throughout the edges of paper; toning, stains, foxing and negligible creases throughout the paper and image.
Dimensions
- measures the matting; sheet size 15.5" W x 12.25" H; plate size 11" W x 9" H.
Item #
18CIN998-432