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Lake in the Rockies

1921

Birger Sandzén

Associated Names

Birger Sandzén

Artist, American, born Sweden, 1871 - 1954

The image shows a stylized natural landscape with black and off-white tones. The viewpoint is from close to the ground, facing tall, textured trees, possibly evergreens. The linocut technique is used to create detailed patterns emphasizing the trees. The horizon is high in the composition with the trees extending upwards against it. Beyond the trees, undulating lines suggest a mountain range. The color palette is stark, with dense blacks contrasting with light areas, creating a dynamic, graphic impact.

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Artwork overview

Medium

woodcut in black
Credit Line

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

image: 25.4 × 30.5 cm (10 × 12 in.)
sheet: 27.9 × 35.6 cm (11 × 14 in.)
Accession Number

2008.115.4240
Catalogue Raisonné

Greenough 2001, no. B41

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1991

Beall, Karen F., and David W. Kiehl. Graphic Excusrions: American Prints in Black and White, 1900-1950, Selections from the Collection of Reba and Dave Williams. Boston, Massachusetts: D. R. Godine, 1991, p. 13.

2001

Greenough, Charles Pelham. The Graphic Work of Birger Sandzén. Lindsborg, KS: Birger Sandzén Memorial Foundation, 2001, no. B41.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Birger Sandzen; lower right in graphite: Lake in the Rockies

Wikidata ID

Q76442910

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