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The Last Morning

1939

Frank Daniel Fousek

Associated Names

Frank Daniel Fousek

Artist, American, 1913 - 1979

The image shows a farmyard scene with chickens and a rooster. A building is on the left, a tree with bare branches is slightly right of center, and a wire fence marks the horizon. Details in the artwork include intricate textures of the ground, chicken feathers, and foliage. The color palette is monochromatic, with shades of black, white, and gray, creating contrast and emphasizing light and shadows.

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Artwork overview

Medium

softground etching and aquatint
Credit Line

Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Dimensions

plate: 29 × 37.5 cm (11 7/16 × 14 3/4 in.)
sheet: 31.3 × 41 cm (12 5/16 × 16 1/8 in.)
Accession Number

2008.115.1887
Catalogue Raisonné

Davis 1995, no. 24

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1995

Davis, Rachel. Frank D. Fousek: Prints and Paintings from the WPA Era, a Catalogue Raisonné. Shaker Heights, OH: Rachel Davis Fine Art, 1995, no. 24.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: The Last Morning; lower right in graphite: Frank D. Fousek; lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: f11-322

Wikidata ID

Q76441633

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