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© Estate of Leo John Meissner. Image courtesy of the Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University ...
Sea Gulls
© Estate of Leo John Meissner. Image courtesy of the Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University ...
© Estate of Leo John Meissner. Image courtesy of the Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
© Estate of Leo John Meissner. Image courtesy of the Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
ClassificationsWorks of Art on Paper
Artist (American, 1895 - 1977)

Sea Gulls

Date1936
MediumWood engraving
Credit LineGift of Carl and Marian Mullis
Dimensions8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
Object number1995.001.010
Label TextAlthough he lived in New York City most of his adult life, Meissner was drawn to the Maine landscape and ultimately settled on Monhegan Island. He depicted this view of the island for the American Artists Group. In it he has captured the dancing waves, the glint of reflected sunlight, and the antics of the gulls. The AAG catalogue refers to it as an "honest and straightforward representation of natural objects", but the complex composition formed between sea, rocks, and gulls reveals an interest in the formal aspects of the print, beyond simple reporting.
Exhibition HistoryCultivating America: Visions of the Landscape in Twentieth-Century Prints, March 8 - June 29, 2008
ProvenanceEx coll. Carl Mullis, United States.
Status
Not on view
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  • Works of Art on Paper