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Union Square, San Francisco by Emil Rizek

Union Square, San Francisco by Emil Rizek

Union Square, San Francisco

Emil Rizek

Title

Union Square, San Francisco

 
Artist

Emil Rizek

  1901 - 1988 (biography)
Year
1939  
Technique
color aquatint and etching 
Image Size
23 1/4 x 19 3/4" platemark 
Signature
pencil, lower right 
Edition Size
8 of 30  
Annotations
pencil editioned 
Reference
 
Paper
antique-white wove 
State
published 
Publisher
artist 
Inventory ID
17348 
Price
SOLD
Description

This color aquatint was done by Austrian printmaker Emil Rizek in 1938, while he was briefly teaching at Arts & Crafts in Oakland, California before returning to Vienna.

The image is of San Francisco's Union Square on a Fall day, featuring Dewey's Memorial monument - topped with the Goddess of Victory - and seated figures on park benches. The park is a gathering place for many workers in the area to have lunch and many shoppers to rest.