Lost Anchor

1936

Robert Gibbings

Associated Names
Robert Gibbings

Artist, Irish, 1889 - 1958

Torch Press

Printer

The Woodcut Society

Publisher, 1932 - 1954

The image shows a large anchor surrounded by various species of fish and intricate coral formations. The color palette consists of black ink on a cream background. The anchor is positioned diagonally across the center of the image, with coral textures filling the surrounding spaces. Fish of different shapes and sizes are scattered throughout the scene, swimming in various directions. Seaweed and additional coral structures add depth to the composition.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    wood engraving in black

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 22.9 × 21.6 cm (9 × 8 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.4620

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Empson, no. 151

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1942

  • Fowler, Alfred. Catalogue Raisonné of The Woodcut Society. Kansas City, MO: The Woodcut Society, 1942, no. 9.

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 C, pp. 141-142, no. 9.

Inscriptions

lower right in block: R.G.; lower right in graphite: Robert Gibbings

Wikidata ID

Q64961352

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