The Far Shore

1957

Stow Wengenroth

Associated Names
Stow Wengenroth

Artist, American, 1906 - 1978

George C. Miller

Printer, American, 1894 - 1966

Prairie Print Makers

Publisher

This image shows a coastal landscape with sandy dunes leading towards a distant shoreline. The horizon is slightly above the center of the composition, where the sea meets the sky. The artwork features a textured brushstroke technique with fine, detailed lines depicting grass, dunes, and waves. The color palette is monochromatic, using shades of grey and black to emphasize light and shadow. Seagulls are depicted flying over the dunes and sparse vegetation, with shrub-like clusters on the right side. The composition conveys a serene coastal environment.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Frank B. Bristow)

  • Dimensions

    image: 20.32 × 34.13 cm (8 × 13 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 31.75 × 46.36 cm (12 1/2 × 18 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.1468

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Stuckey 1974, no. 238

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Frank B. Bristow, Falls Church, Virginia; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1968; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1974

  • Stuckey, Ronald and Joan. The Lithographs of Stow Wengenroth, 1931-1972. Massachusetts: Boston Public Library, 1974, no. 238.

1990

  • Czestochowski, Joseph S. James Swann: In Quest of a Printmaker, with Presentation Prints of the Chicago Society of Etchers, Prairie Print Makers, and the Woodcut Society. Iowa: Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, 1990, appendix B, pp. 131-132, no. 27.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Stow Wengenroth; lower left edge in graphite by unknown hand: "The Far Shore"

Markings

stamped lower right verso in black ink: F.B.B. [circled]

Wikidata ID

Q77008855

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