Highway Number Seven

Name/Title

Highway Number Seven

Entry/Object ID

1967.1.8

Description

Etching and aquatint in black ink on off-white paper depicting a farmhouse in the center on a slight hill surrounded by out buildings. A lone leafless tree stands before the house to the right of this tree are a milk can and two wood tubs. Cultivated fields are around the buildings on all sides, and rows of trees are in the background with hills and sky in the distance. A very angular road stats in the left foreground and extends into the background. The print is titled in pencil in the lower left corner below the image "Highway Number Seven" and is signed in the right corner below the image "George Jo Mess." The print is framed in a simple thin wooden moulding painted white.

Collection

Anderson Civic Art Association

Acquisition

Accession

1967.1

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

George Jo Mess

Role

Artist

Date made

circa 1950

Time Period

20th Century

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Paper

Height

8-13/16 in

Width

15-1/4 in

Dimension Notes

16.25" x 23.25" framed

Color

Black, Gray, White

Exhibitions

EXH1981.1
EXH1985.2
EXH1988.1
EXH1994.1
EXH2016.1
EXH2018.1