Blackout

1942

Beatrice Harper Banning

Associated Names
Beatrice Harper Banning

Artist, American, 1885 - 1960

The image depicts a cityscape at night with a dramatic skyline of varied building silhouettes against the sky. Long luminous beams sweep across the composition converging towards a central point in the night sky. The style features pronounced contrasts between dark and light, with bold strokes and softly blended shadings creating texture and depth. The color palette is limited to deep blacks, grays, and whites, enhancing the stark shadows and light sources.
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Inscriptions

"Blackout" in pencil, lower left; signed: Beatrice Harper Banning./"imp" in pencil, lower right Drypoint, in pencil (by unknown hand), lower left corner

Wikidata ID

Q76441662

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