Polar Bear: The Solitudes

1936 (published 1937)

Mordi Gassner

Associated Names
Mordi Gassner

Artist, American, 1899 - 1995

Associated American Artists

Publisher

This is a drawing of a polar bear under a jagged shading that resembles ice or rock formations. The animal is depicted in black and white, with detailed fur lines. Its face has a sharp, intense expression with dark eyes looking forward. The jagged forms above the bear create an atmospheric backdrop, suggesting a frozen landscape or icy peaks. The shading and texture in the drawing contribute to its dramatic feel.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Dorothy Gordon Pocinki

  • Dimensions

    image: 30.48 x 22.86 cm (12 x 9 in.)
    sheet: 38.74 x 29.21 cm (15 1/4 x 11 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2011.15.4

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dorothy Gordon Pocinki; by inheritance to her son, Alan Pocinki, Potomac, MD; acquired 2011 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

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. 26, no. 151.

Inscriptions

lower left on stone: Mordi / Gassner / 1936; lower left in graphite: Polar Bear: The Solitudes; lower center in graphite: To Abe - who knows what / Solitude is; lower right in graphite: Mordi Gassner / Oct 26, 1945

Wikidata ID

Q76557483

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