Plate Fourteen

The artwork by John Hawkins showcases a highly detailed and intricate pencil drawing that resembles a surreal, organic landscape, featuring a network of abstract, flowing shapes and forms that evoke the textures of cells or plant-like structures, with spiky protrusions and bulbous, twisting elements creating a sense of dynamic movement and complexity, intricately shaded to add depth, and evoke a sense of otherworldly beauty and biological intricacy, capturing the imagination with its blend of realism and fantasy.

The artwork by John Hawkins showcases a highly detailed and intricate pencil drawing that resembles a surreal, organic landscape, featuring a network of abstract, flowing shapes and forms that evoke the textures of cells or plant-like structures, with spiky protrusions and bulbous, twisting elements creating a sense of dynamic movement and complexity, intricately shaded to add depth, and evoke a sense of otherworldly beauty and biological intricacy, capturing the imagination with its blend of realism and fantasy.

Name/Title

Plate Fourteen

Entry/Object ID

1993.002.023.16B

Type of Print

Lithograph

Artwork Details

Medium

Offset Lithograph

Series

The Psychoses of War (1943)

Collection

Bok Fellows

Cataloged By

Katie Benson

Acquisition

Accession

1993.002

Source or Donor

Vincent A. Rapetti

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. V Rapetti to the permanent collection

Made/Created

Artist

John Hawkins

Date made

circa 1943