Chicago River

Work on Paper

DePaul Art Museum

Name/Title

Chicago River

Entry/Object ID

2014.200

Description

Highly stylized depiction of urban riverfront doen in vertical line and streaks with high contrast and flat fields of pigment

Artwork Details

Medium

Woodcut on paper

Acquisition

Notes

Collection of DePaul Art Museum, gift of Belverd and Marian Needles

Made/Created

Artist

Turzak, Charles

Date made

1930

Ethnography

Notes

North America United States

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Transcription

BR/R graphite

Notes

Inscription Type: "29 of 50"

Transcription

BR/R graphite

Notes

Inscription Type: "[artist signature]

Transcription

BL/R graphite

Notes

Inscription Type: "Chicago River"

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Class

WORKS ON PAPER

Dimensions

Dimension Description

image

Width

9-1/4 in

Length

11-1/4 in

Dimension Description

sheet

Width

11 in

Length

12-7/8 in