High Tide in Battle Dress

Painting

Milwaukee Public Library

Name/Title

High Tide in Battle Dress

Artwork Details

Medium

Oil on Masonite

Context

Coast Guard 69002. Information from Humanities Accession Sheets: "This ship, the HIGH TIDE, was built in 1941 by Grebe of Chicago for Harry Grant, owner of the Milw. Journal. It was launched, May 1, 1941. It was in the U.S. Coast Guard Submarine Service, 1942-45, and was restored to Harry Grant after its war service, in 1945. Mr. Grant operated the ship in Florida waters til 1963."

Collection

Wisconsin Art Collection, Permanent Art Collection, Great Lakes Marine Collection

Acquisition

Accession

1972.12

Source or Donor

Donald B. Abert

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist

Alfred Pelikan

Date made

circa 1941 - circa 1963

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Signature, Title

Transcription

"A.G. PELIKAN, USCGR"

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Framed Size

Height

25-1/2 in

Width

30 in

Dimension Description

Image Size

Height

19-1/2 in

Width

23 in

Relationships

Related Publications

Notes

Milwaukee Public Library holds related resources, including published work by the artist: The Art of the Child, by Alfred George Pelikan (Milwaukee: Bruce Publishing Company, 1931), Call Number: 741.1 P38A. Collecting the Art of Wisconsin: The Early Years (West Bend, WI: West Bend Art Museum, 1996), p. vi. Call Number: 708.1 C6973. Famous Wisconsin Artists and Architects, by Hannah Heidi Levy (Oregon, WI: Badger Books, 2004), pp. 129-130. Call Number: 927.573 L668. From Start to Finish, by Alfred George Pelikan, Call Number: 707 P384 Fun with Figure Drawing, by Alfred George Pelikan (Milwaukee, WI: Bruce Publishing Company, 1947), Call Number: 741.1 P38F. German-American Artists in Early Milwaukee: A Biographical Dictionary, by Peter C. Merrill (Madison, WI: Friends of the Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies, 1997), pp. 96-98. Call Number: 709.77595 M571. Graphic Aids in Figure Drawing, by Alfred George Pelikan, Call Number: 743 P38. Milwaukee Allied Arts Committee Records, 1939-1955, Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 289. The Milwaukee Journal Gallery of Wisconsin Art (Milwaukee, WI: Milwaukee Journal, 1957), Call Number: 709.775 M663. Simple Graphic Art Ideas: Design, Composition, Lettering, Figure and Freehand Drawing, by Alfred George Pelikan (Chicago, IL: Abbott Educ. Co., n.d.), Call Number: 741.1 P38. Simple Metalwork, by Emil F. Kronquist, and Alfred George Pelikan (contr.) (New York: The Studio Inc., 1940), Call Number: 739 K93. The Value of an Art Institute to the Community, by Alfred George Pelikan (Milwaukee, WI: Milwaukee Art Institute, 1927?), Call Number: 708.1 P384. Who’s Who in Music and Art in Milwaukee, by Arthur E. Wascher (Milwaukee, WI: Advocate Publishing Co., 1927), pp. 254. Call Number: 927 W312. Wisconsin Visual Artists Records, 1900-2019, Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 332.