Backyard Corner

Maker Wanda Gág (American, 1893 - 1946)

Collections

American Print Selections

ClassificationsPRINTS

Date1930

Mediumlithograph printed on white wove paper

Dimensions10 3/8 x 12 7/8 in. (26.4 x 32.7 cm.)

SignedSigned and dated in lower right of recto in graphite: '30

InscribedSigned and dated in lower right of recto in graphite: '30

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of Mrs. Homer D. Crotty.

Label TextAs the Los Angeles Times art critic and printmaker Arthur Millier remarked, Wanda Gág drew lithographs "with that extra personal twist of feeling which can make a mere bowl of fruit or a simple forge more interesting than some exciting bit of human drama." Here she conveyed the sense of a living presence in this still life of objects from her backyard. The axe and shovel seem to have been left momentarily, and the irregular sides of the pails have an anthropomorphic quality.

After studying at the Art Students League, Gág created illustrations for The Masses and showed her work at the Weyhe Gallery. She is probably best known for writing and illustrating the children's book Millions of Cats (1928).

Status

Not on view

Object number91.284.24