In Old Savannah (In Savannah Ga)

Object NameEtching

Artist / Maker Walter Ronald Locke ((American, b. 1883))

Date1934

MediumEtching on paper

Dimensions18.25 x 14.25 inches framed

ClassificationsPrints and Printing Plates

Credit LineTransferred from the Applied Art Department, Iowa State University. In the permanent collection, Brunnier Art Museum, University Museusms, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.

Object numberUM82.203

Status

Not on view

Collections

Works of Art on Paper & Photography

EditionEd. of 173

Label TextA Savannah, Georgia general store is the focal point of this street scene. Savannah is located along the Atlantic Coast near Georgia's border with South Carolina. Savannah is the port of entry for the Savannah River and is Georgia's oldest city. Walter Ronald Locke was an etcher best known for his landscapes. He resided in Florida and many of his surviving works are of Florida scenes, although he also made prints of places elsewhere in the United States. Locke was born in Winchester, Massachusetts, and studied art under Louis Kronbert and Alfred Hutty. During his lifetime, he exhibited at the Library of Congress and Society of American Etchers. He was also affiliated with Associated American Artists, an organization founded to produce and market fine art prints nationwide. His works of art are in the collections of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City; Carnegie Museums, Pittsburgh; the Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown; and the Yale University Art Gallery.

PeriodDepression Era

Published ReferencesAAA Cat.: 1935‑01; 1936‑01; 1936‑03

SignedW. R. Locke '34 in pencil lower right

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