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Mission Santa Barbara by Franz Geritz
Mission Santa Barbara
Franz Geritz
Title
Mission Santa Barbara
Artist
Franz Geritz
1895 - 1945 (biography)Year
c. 1925
Technique
color blockprint using metal leaf
Image Size
3 1/4 x 4 3/16" image size
Signature
pencil, lower right
Edition Size
not stated
Annotations
Reference
Paper
antique-white tissue laid
State
published
Publisher
artist
Inventory ID
21676
Price
$400.00
Description
Mission Santa Barbara is a Franciscan Spanish mission founded by Padre Fermin Lasuen in 1786. Due to its size and grandeur, it is known as the "Queen of the Missions," and is a popular tourist destination as well as an attactive landmark for photography and artistic rendering. In the 1920s and '30s when this print was made, the mission's architecture was appealing to the fashionable Art Deco sensibility of the time.