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Confusion in City

c. 1938

John F. Stenvall

Associated Names

John F. Stenvall

Artist, American, 1907 - 1998

The image depicts a cityscape from an elevated perspective. Buildings stack against the horizon under a textured sky. Bold black outlines and high contrasts give it a woodcut or linocut style. Streets, bridges, trees, and figures populate the urban landscape. Various buildings of different heights and shapes form the skyline, while the swirling clouds in the sky add movement.

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Artwork overview

Medium

linocut
Credit Line

Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Dimensions

block: 178 x 169 mm
sheet: 232 x 127 mm
Accession Number

2008.115.4615

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

In pencil: lower left, Confusion in City; lower right, John F. Stenvall.

Wikidata ID

Q76441720

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