Ira Eppler

American, active 1930s - 1940s

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The image depicts a landscape with rolling hills and terrain leading to distant mountains. The horizon is in the middle, dominated by the mountain contours. The style is similar to a woodcut or linocut, with bold lines creating contrast between light and dark. Brushstrokes or carved lines add texture to the land and foliage. The color scheme is monochromatic, using only black and white. Curving lines and tufts suggest fields or grassy areas, extending into dark silhouettes of bushes or trees.

Arbucle Hills

Ira Eppler

1941

Screenprint Accession ID 2008.115.1642.8

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Artwork

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Graphic Oklahoma 1941 - Portfolio

Various Artists, Ira Eppler

1940

Portfolio of twelve screenprints with cover, title page, introduction, and foreward Accession ID 2008.115.1641.1-12

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Artwork

This is a drawing of a rodeo arena with a bull at the center and fence posts surrounding. The drawing is rendered in black and white and depicts an action-filled rodeo scene. In the center, a bull is shown in a dynamic pose with limbs stretched, showcasing its muscles. Around the bull, a wooden fence structure encapsulates the scene, suggesting the confined space of an arena. The texture of the wooden posts is detailed, providing a sense of rustic roughness. The drawing uses strong lines and contrasting shadows to convey movement and energy within the composition.

Rodeo

John Craig Sheppard, Ira Eppler

1940

Screenprint Accession ID 2008.115.1641.12

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Artwork

The image shows an elevated view of rolling hills with a high horizon line separating the sky from the landscape. Silhouetted clouds can be seen on the horizon. The artwork features bold black and white contrasts resembling a linocut or woodblock print. The color palette is monochrome with stark shadows. Two horses are galloping on the dark terrain, with clusters of trees visible in the distance.

June Shadows

J. Jay McVicker, Ira Eppler

1940

Screenprint Accession ID 2008.115.1641.6

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Artwork

The image shows an industrial landscape with oil derricks in the foreground and background. The style is bold with black and white contrasts, portraying hills and foliage in the distance. The scene includes tree trunks on the left and oil derricks scattered on the right.

Vista

Grace Willard Chadwick, Ira Eppler

1940

Screenprint Accession ID 2008.115.1641.8

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Artwork

The image is a stylized print showing a street scene in a residential area. The viewer's point of view is at street level. In the right foreground, a figure dressed in heavy clothing stands with arms crossed. To the left, a large bare tree trunk stretches upward with its branches extending across the top middle of the image. Beyond is a row of houses with steep angular roofs, and a sidewalk where two people are walking, one with a smaller figure. In the distance, another person is visible bending down near a car. The scene is rendered in bold black and white, with strong lines and areas of solid black contrasting with the background. The horizon is not distinctly visible but implied by the row of houses. The overall color palette emphasizes high contrast.

Winter Bitten

Leonard Good, Ira Eppler

1940

Screenprint Accession ID 2008.115.1641.7

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Artwork

The image shows several donkeys in a field surrounded by tall grass. The horizon is low, with a large sky above them. The sky features dark, sweeping clouds. The color palette is stark and high contrast. A small building is faintly visible in the distance to the right. The style resembles woodcut or linocut techniques, with bold lines and focus on form and contrast.

In Oklahoma

Eugene Kingman, Ira Eppler

1940

Screenprint Accession ID 2008.115.1641.1

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Artwork

The image shows a scene with two animals standing under a sloped, thatched roof supported by poles. In the background, there are vertical tree trunks and stylized trees forming a barrier-like element on the right side, with undulating branches and foliage breaking the solid black forms against a light background. The style features bold and expressive woodcut-like brushstrokes creating a stark contrast between dark areas and the paper's natural tone. The color palette is monochromatic, using black for details and the paper for highlights and negative space.

Equinox

Eugene James McFarland, Ira Eppler

1940

Screenprint Accession ID 2008.115.1641.3

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Artwork

The image depicts a landscape with a strong horizon line dividing the land and the sky. The foreground shows dynamic, undulating forms, possibly representing fields or hills with bold lines. In the distance, the land flattens into plains with a small structure and sparse vegetation. The sky is filled with large, expressive clouds rendered in a bold style against a lighter background. The color palette is monochromatic with black-and-white contrasts. The style appears to be a linocut or woodcut with textured lines conveying movement and drama.

April Storm

John O'Neil, Ira Eppler

1940

Screenprint Accession ID 2008.115.1641.4

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Artwork

The image displays angular and curved lines creating a composition of overlapping geometric shapes. The shapes suggest industrial elements such as large cylindrical forms resembling storage tanks, and linear structures resembling telephone poles and electrical lines. Additionally, there are architectural-like forms resembling rooftops or building parts, forming an abstract representation of an industrial landscape.

Storage Tanks

William Harold Smith, Ira Eppler

1940

Screenprint Accession ID 2008.115.1641.11

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Artwork

The image is a black and white print depicting a rural scene from a slightly elevated point of view, looking down at a horse-drawn cart. The horizon line is low in the composition, with the dark night sky dominating the upper portion. In the distance, a worker stands high on a stacked pile of straw or hay on the cart, while another figure stands nearby. The technique of brushstrokes or carving in this print is bold and graphic, creating stark contrasts between black and white areas. The overall color palette is monochromatic, focusing on the interplay of light and shadow. Closest to us is a wooden fence, leading the eye into the scene where two horses are hitched to the cart.

September Harvest

Dorothea Stevenson, Ira Eppler

1940

Screenprint Accession ID 2008.115.1641.10

Not on view

Artwork

The image depicts a landscape scene with a direct view across hilly terrain. The horizon is above the midline, dividing the black sky from the land below. Horizontal lines add texture. Silhouetted foliage with bold shapes covers the lower portion, including round bush-like forms and a prominent pine tree. The land extends towards a valley in the distance, bordered by hills. The artwork features strong contrast between black and light tan, resembling a woodcut or linocut print with solid colors and simplified forms.

Hills Along the Arkansas

Daniel Eichenfeld, Ira Eppler

1940

Screenprint Accession ID 2008.115.1641.9

Not on view