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Title: Unknown
Image description: Drying nets
Smithsonian biography:
“Karl Fortess came to America from Belgium and studied art in Chicago …
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Title: Unknown
Image description: Drying nets
Smithsonian biography:
“Karl Fortess came to America from Belgium and studied art in Chicago and New York. In 1937 the Works Progress Administration sent him and several other artists to Alaska to document the towns, villages, and remote wilderness landscapes (Pemberton, “Alaska art museum collects WPA’s Depression works from the territory,” Columbia Daily Tribune, November 9, 2003). Fortess taught at many different schools, including Boston University School of Fine Art, where he also created an archive of interviews with more than two hundred and fifty American artists.”
Framed in a black aluminum frame with a beige mat board. Ready to hang.
Framed Dimensions:
23.25” L x 18.25” x 1”
Art only:
13.5” x 9.5”
Artist signed “K. Fortess” in pencil in the lower right and numbered 13/20 on the lower left.
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- Dimensions
- 18.25ʺW × 1ʺD × 23.25ʺH
- Frame Type
- Framed
- Art Subjects
- Other
- Period
- 1960s
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Materials
- Lithograph
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Black
- Condition Notes
- Ready to hang, as the frame is intact and solid. The image has no foxing, rips or holes. Ready to hang, as the frame is intact and solid. The image has no foxing, rips or holes. less
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