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Print
The Harpist
Alfonsas Dargis, (Mazeikiai, Lithuania, 1909 - 1996, Friedrichshafen, Germany)
Dargis, Alfonsas
United States
1909 - 1996
Male
18 5/8 x 15 in. (47.3 x 38.1 cm)
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Printer's ink
Printer's ink
1950
1950
1950
20th century, Arena Group, art with Rochester connections, musical instruments (depictions), women, woodcuts
Print
Using just a few expressive curves, Dargis has abstracted the essence of the harpist’s engagement with her instrument. He used the medium of the woodcut technique to his advantage in creating, with a few simple lines, the strings of the harp and the texture of the harpist’s skin. In this print he also employed the collagraph technique, in which a part of the image (in this case the harpist’s dress) are impressions of textured materials glued to a cardboard or metal base.
[Gallery label text, 2011]
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1956.58
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Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
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full
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56.58DI#2
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Front
3/1/2011
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