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Rush Hour

1967 (published 1968)

Richard Florsheim

Associated Names

Richard Florsheim

Artist, American, 1916 - 1979

George C. Miller & Son

Printer, New York

Associated American Artists

Publisher

The image shows a bridge stretching into the distance, leading to a towering structure on the horizon. The horizon is positioned just below the midline of the image, where the linear elements of the bridge and road converge. The strokes are varied, with vertical streaks creating a sense of continuous flow and movement. The color palette is monochromatic, composed of various shades of black, gray, and white. Bright round lights line the bridge on both sides, providing a rhythmic pattern and contrasting with the darker shades of the sea and sky in the background.

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Artwork overview

Medium

lithograph in black on wove paper
Credit Line

Gift of John Nichols Estabrook and Dorothy Coogan Estabrook
Dimensions

image: 35.3 x 25.2 cm (13 7/8 x 9 15/16 in.)
sheet: 42.6 x 32.9 cm (16 3/4 x 12 15/16 in.)
Accession Number

1987.41.28
Catalogue Raisonné

Iacono 1988, no. 195

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1988

Iacono, Domenic J. _ A Catalogue Raisonné of the Graphic Work of Richard Florsheim_. New York: Syracuse University Art Collection in cooperation with the Richard A. Florsheim Art Fund, 1988, no. 195.

2016

Windisch, Gail, and Sylvan Cole, Jr. Art for Every Home: An Illustrated Index of Associated American Artists Prints, Ceramics, and Textile Designs. Manhattan: Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University, 2016, p. 205, no. 1831.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 34/250; lower right in graphite: R A Florsheim

Wikidata ID

Q74876596

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