An original etching on paper attributed to American artist, Walter Quirt. In surrealist style, this picture renders a scene of a group of figures interacting with creatures in the middle of a landscape. This item is in overall very good condition, showing mild water damage; it is signed “Quirt - ’39- ” on the bottom right corner as part of the plate and is framed in a black plastic frame.

Walter Quirt (1902-1968) was an American artist. He was employed by WPA Federal Arts Project for seven years. He painted many small panels that showed his influences from Diego Rivera, and Jose Orozco. Quirt was awarded the Cranbrook prize at the Michigan Artists Annual exhibition in 1946 that was held in Detroit, Michigan. He was also awarded the Wisconsin Centennial Prize at the Wisconsin Artists Annual in 1948. Quirt's works are in the collections of the de Young Museum, San Francisco; the Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle; the Minneapolis Institute of Art; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C.; the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CN; the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; the Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis; and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, among others.

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