Half Moon Bay

1943

James Swann

Associated Names
James Swann

Artist, American, 1905 - 1985

California Society of Printmakers

Publisher

The image depicts a view from the shore towards the sea. There are a few windswept trees on a sand dune in the foreground. The horizon is in the lower third of the image, with the trees silhouetted against it. The lines are finely rendered, emphasizing the trees' foliage and the terrain. The color palette is primarily black and white with gray tones. Birds are scattered in the sky, adding a sense of motion to the landscape.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint in black

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 21.11 × 16.19 cm (8 5/16 × 6 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1946.11.197

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Czestochowski 1990, no. 140

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

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, p. 58, no. 140.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Half Moon Bay; lower right in graphite: James Swann

Wikidata ID

Q65077052

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