Black Magic

1929

Gerald Kenneth Geerlings

Associated Names
Gerald Geerlings

Artist, American, 1897 - 1998

The image displays a city scene with a towering building dominating the composition. The horizon is located near the bottom of the scene with leafless trees framing an avenue filled with cars. More distant skyscrapers can be seen on the horizon, enveloped in a soft haze. The brushstroke technique creates texture and depth with tiny dots, producing a moody atmosphere. The color palette consists of sepia tones, with darker browns and blacks defining building outlines and lighter hues filling the sky and central structure.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint in dark brown on blue F.J. Head laid paper

  • Credit Line

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

  • Dimensions

    plate: 29.85 x 16.83 cm (11 3/4 x 6 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 44.45 x 27.46 cm (17 1/2 x 10 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2008.115.5213

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Czestochowski 1984, no. 6 d/e

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Mary Ryan Gallery, NY); Reba and Dave Wiliams, Greenwich, CT, 1992; gift to NGA, 2008

Associated Names

Bibliography

1984

  • Czestochowski, Joseph S. Gerald K. Geerlings. Iowa: Cedar Rapids Art Association: 1984, p. 35, no. 6, iv/v.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Black Magic (New York 1929); lower right in graphite: Gerald K. Geerlings; upper left verso in graphite by unknown hand: $750; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: 79

Watermarks

F J Head & Co

Wikidata ID

Q76552406

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