Washerwomen
Maker
Carl Pickhardt
(American, born 1908)
Collections
ClassificationsPRINTS
Date1935
Mediumlithograph
Dimensions18 5/8 x 11 in. (47.3 x 27.9 cm.)
sheet: 15 x 11 in. (38.1 x 27.9 cm.)
SignedSigned and dated in lower left of recto in graphite: Pickhardt 1935
InscribedSigned and dated in lower left of recto in graphite: Pickhardt 1935
Inscribed in lower right of recto in graphite: 18/30
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of Hannah S. Kully
Label TextPickhardt's choice of an everyday activity and his attention to realism suggest the influence of the Ashcan School on his work. The statuesque forms of the women's bodies add dignity to their task.This lithograph demonstrates Pickhardt's concern with the elements of shape, organization, and light and dark. The alternating positions of the women enliven the angle of the clothesline. The ground seems to tilt up toward the viewer, a modernist perspective pioneered by nineteenth-century artists such as Paul Cézanne.
Status
Not on viewObject number2011.3.18
