Dry River Run

1939

Joseph Paul Vorst

Associated Names
Joseph Paul Vorst

Artist, American, born Germany, 1897 - 1947

The image shows a barren and cracked landscape with skeletal structures extending across the scene towards a horizon where small trees can be seen. Dynamic clouds fill the sky, with distant birds in flight. The finely detailed brushstrokes create contrast between light and shadow, emphasizing the parched texture of the ground. The monochromatic color palette of grays highlights the cracked earth and turbulent sky. Fractured earth patterns and scattered remnants of wood and bone are visible in the foreground.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    image: 22.86 × 30.48 cm (9 × 12 in.)
    plate (fake plate mark): 24.13 × 31.75 cm (9 1/2 × 12 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 29.85 × 39.37 cm (11 3/4 × 15 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.494

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Harco Gallery, Columbia, MO); Ruth Kainen [1922-2009], Washington, D.C. (Lugt 4739), purchased May 21, 1994; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2017

  • Joseph Paul Vorst: Origin, Prayers, and Country, Church History Museum, Salt Lake City, 2017 - 2018, unnumbered catalogue.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Joseph P. Vorst 39

Markings

stamped in black on verso: RK

Wikidata ID

Q76557051

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