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San Marino, CA 91108
Prints
Washerwomen
Pickhardt's choice of an everyday activity and his attention to realism suggest the influence of the Ashcan School on his work. The statuesque forms of the women's bodies add dignity to their task.
This lithograph demonstrates Pickhardt's concern with the elements of shape, organization, and light and dark. The alternating positions of the women enliven the angle of the clothesline. The ground seems to tilt up toward the viewer, a modernist perspective pioneered by nineteenth-century artists such as Paul Cézanne.
This lithograph demonstrates Pickhardt's concern with the elements of shape, organization, and light and dark. The alternating positions of the women enliven the angle of the clothesline. The ground seems to tilt up toward the viewer, a modernist perspective pioneered by nineteenth-century artists such as Paul Cézanne.
