Death Ship of No Port

1967

H.C. Westermann

Associated Names
H.C. Westermann

Artist, American, 1922 - 1981

Kansas City Art Institute

Publisher

The image depicts bold and jagged lines forming the silhouette of a large ship against a background of swirling patterns. The colors include reds, yellows, and blacks. The word "DEATH SHIP OF NO PORT" is displayed prominently at the bottom.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Bob Stana and Tom Judy

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 45.72 × 60.96 cm (18 × 24 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.115.47

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Adrian/Born 2001, no. 12

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Printworks Gallery, Chicago, Illinois; to Robert Stana and Thomas Judy, Washington, D.C., 2001; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2001

  • Adrian, Dennis, and Richard A. Born. See America First: The Prints of H. C. Westermann. Chicago, Illinois: David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, 2001, pp. 64-65, no. 12.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 10/50; lower right in graphite: H.C. Westermann 67; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: 6003 #1224

Markings

embossed: [unidentified chop]

Wikidata ID

Q77015649

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