Iron Lace Balconies - Old New Orleans

Name/Title

Iron Lace Balconies - Old New Orleans

Entry/Object ID

69.26

Artwork Details

Medium

etching on paper

Context

Credit Line: Gift of Alice B. Obermier

Made/Created

Artist

Eugene E. Loving

Date made

1941

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Frame Size

Height

18-1/2 in

Width

15-1/2 in

Dimension Description

Image Size

Height

10 in

Width

7 in

Interpretative Labels

Label

Eugene E. Loving arrived in New Orleans during the Great Depression, attracted to the bohemian life and artistic scene that thrived in the French Quarter during that time. Loving worked in the print mediums of etching and serigraphy. His etching press was an antique that had been used to print money at the United States Mint in the early 1800's, and it was difficult to pull etchings on it. A brilliant etcher, he helped revive an interest in the centuries-old form.