Deserted Village
Object NamePrint
Artist / Maker
Albert William Heckman
(American, 1893 - 1971)
Date1936
MediumRoulette drypoint
Dimensions9 13/16 x 13 5/8 in. (24.9 x 34.6 cm)
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 numberUM82.209
Status
Not on viewCollections
CultureAmerican
EditionEd. of 250
Label TextA quiet row of houses can be seen through a stand of trees. For comparison with other desertion themed works of art, see Minnetta Good's "Deserted," 1930s.
Heckman was born in Meadville, Pennsylvania in 1893. He studied at the Leipzig Institute of Graphic Art and Columbia University. He lived in New York City and spent his summers in Woodstock, New York.
PeriodDepression Era
Published ReferencesAAA Cat.: 1936‑02; 1936‑04; 1937‑06;
1938‑02; 1939‑04; 1940‑05; 1940‑06;
1940‑07; 1941‑03
Signedtitled in pencil, bottom center, "Deserted Village", signed in pencil, lower right, "Albert Heckman"
Locations
- (not entered) Iowa State University, Brunnier Main Storage
Object Name: Book
Albert N. Raub PH.D.
1887
Object number: 76.31.51
