Name/Title
Dune ShadowsEntry/Object ID
2022.95.02Description
A shrub and a bare tree cast dramatic shadows on a bare dune. The sky is rendered with tiny stipples.
This unframed print was discovered in a "Pix Saugatuck" binder donated by Kit Lane.Type of Print
EtchingContext
Work by an important local artist and architect.Collection
ArtworksCataloged By
Winthers, SallyAcquisition
Accession
2022.95Source or Donor
Lane, Kit 1939-2024Made/Created
Artist
Hoerman, Carl 1885-1955Dimensions
Dimension Description
paper size, impression area 5.5x6.5"Height
8 inWidth
9 inLocation
Shelf
AC shelf 03Room
Art Conservation RoomInterpretative Labels
Label
From "Collecting the Lakeshore" 2025-2026 at the History Center main floor gallery
[Displayed with Dune Shadows 2022.95.02]
Carl Hoerman
1885-1955
Derelicts at the Dunes and
Dune Shadows
Undated circa 1930-1950 | etching
These two intaglio etching prints evoke the power of line to describe the textures of the Lake Michigan dunescape. The first of these works titled Derelicts at the Dunes depicts trees once consumed by shifting sands revealed once again. The trees are craggy and there is an element of fantasy in the sands swirling from the wind. This etching could be a local or regional scene along the lake Michigan coast. Hoerman's use of sharp thin lines in his work would eventually soften over the course of a print edition. This is due to the pressure the metal etching plate goes under during the process of printing.
Dune Shadows creates an even more surreal scene as the play of shadows and the solids of tree branches, limbs, and roots suggest a landscape turned upside down.
Gift of Fred and Sammy Jane Birdsall
Accession 2018.20.01
Collection of Kit and Art Lane
Accession 2022.95.02Create Date
May 2, 2023Update Date
September 15, 2026