Waterfront

1934

Raphael Soyer

Associated Names
Raphael Soyer

Artist, American, born Russia, 1899 - 1987

George C. Miller

Printer, American, 1894 - 1966

Contemporary Print Group

Publisher

The image depicts an urban street scene with a low horizon. A building in the distance has a sign that reads "GOOD PREMIUM COAL." A strong diagonal is created by the sidewalk and road. The artist uses detailed brushstrokes in a lithographic style with a monochromatic color palette of varying shades of grey. Figures are seen sitting or lying against a brick wall on the right side, with indistinct posters or signs. More figures are walking along the street toward the building. The sky has softly rendered clouds.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jacob Kainen

  • Dimensions

    image: 22.6 x 33.7 cm (8 7/8 x 13 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 29 x 40 cm (11 7/16 x 15 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.98.64

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Gettings 1982, no. 25

  • Portfolio Title

    American Art Scene No. 2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Associated American Artists, New York); Jacob Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased June 4, 1980; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1967

  • Cole, Sylvan, Jr. Raphael Soyer: Fifty Years of Printmaking, 1917-1967. New York: Da Capo Press, 1967, no. 34.

1982

  • Gettings, Frank. Raphael Soyer: Sixty-Five Years of Printmaking. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1982, p. 31, no. 25.

Inscriptions

lower left on stone: RAPHAEL SOYER - 1934; lower left in graphite: Waterfront 35/50; lower right in graphite: Raphael Soyer

Wikidata ID

Q76355758

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