Watercolour entitled Humanised Prairie

People:

Wolfgang Gerson (painter (artist))

Title:

Watercolour entitled Humanised Prairie

Date:

1948

Description:

Wolfang Gerson painted Humanised Prarie in 1948 when he was a professor of architecture at the University of Manitoba. Gerson's dpainting depicts a flat landscape under a bright blue sky, populated by numerous abstract geometric, biological, and amorphous forms.

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 painting(s)

Technique and media:

Pen, ink and watercolour on watercolour paper mounted on cardboard backing

Dimensions:

comp.: 48 x 63.4 cm primary support (backing size): 55.2 x 70.5 cm (21 3/4 x 27 3/4 in.)

Reference number:

DR1998:0150

Inscription:

inscribed, signed and dated - by the artist, l.r.: "Humanised Prairie / W.G. 48"

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Hilde Gerson/
Gift of Hilde Gerson

Folder Number:

80-001-01M

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