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Los Angeles

1931

Howard Cook

Associated Names

Howard Cook

Artist, American, 1901 - 1980

The image shows a large airship labeled "US NAVY" dominating the upper half of the scene. The horizon line is high, with a rugged landscape in the background. The ocean is depicted with bold and dynamic strokes, and there is a ship with a crane to the left. A smaller boat battles the waves nearby. The sky is filled with billowing clouds in a monochromatic color palette of mostly gray tones.

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Artwork overview

Medium

softground etching and aquatint in black
Credit Line

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

plate: 22.5 × 30 cm (8 7/8 × 11 13/16 in.)
sheet: 29.5 × 40.5 cm (11 5/8 × 15 15/16 in.)
Accession Number

2008.115.1300
Catalogue Raisonné

Duffy 1984, no. 158

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1984

Duffy, Betty and Douglas. The Graphic Work of Howard Cook: A Catalogue Raisonné. Maryland: Bethesda Art Gallery, 1984, p. 118, no. 158.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 5/50; lower right in graphite: Howard Cook imp 1931; lower left edge in graphite by unknown hand: The Los Angeles 1931

Wikidata ID

Q76550350

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