Untitled (3 figures)
ca. 1949
24 15/16 x 19 in. (63.3 x 48.2 cm)
Alfonsas Dargis
United States
(Mazeikiai, Lithuania, 1909 - 1996, Friedrichshafen, Germany)
Object Type:
Print
Medium and Support:
Color woodcut and collograph
Credit Line:
Bequest of Sylvia Davis
Accession Number:
2006.13
Location: Not currently on view
What looks at first glance like a tree reveals itself to be a grouping of three figures topped with Dargis’s characteristic triangular faces, set against a domed form. The image floats against a blue background – perhaps the sky – creating an ethereal effect.
[Gallery label text, 2011]