About the Object
This lithograph contains several elements that suggest a connection to both the Torn Signs and Semana Santa series. On the left-hand side the tan rectangle marked by seven horizontal black lines is reminiscent of a sign with extensive lettering; on the right, a conical black form echoed by a flipped black cone foreshadows the hooded penitents in Crawford’s 1972 photographs of Holy Week and his late paintings of Seville, including Blue, Grey, Black (VF2017.01.01) in which the penitents’ pointed hoods proliferate across the canvas.
Additional Information
This work was included in the exhibition Ralston Crawford: Torn Signs at the Vilcek Foundation in 2019. It is one of two lithographs by Crawford in the Collection. The other is AIRCRAFT PLANT 1954 (VF2013.01.37).
The Artist;
By descent to the Artist’s son, John C. Crawford, Brooklyn, NY;
Jan T. and Marica Vilcek Collection, 2015;
Corpus Christi, TX. The Art Museum of South Texas. Masterpieces of American Modernism from the Vilcek Collection of American Art. September 13, 2018-January 6, 2019.
New York, NY. Vilcek Foundation. Ralston Crawford: Torn Signs. May 13-November 13, 2019, pp. 25, 58, 60, 66, 117, ill. p. 59.
St. Peter, MN. The Hillstrom Museum of Art. Ralston Crawford: Torn Signs. September 12-November 6, 2022.