St. Malo
Date1927
Artist
Martin Hardie
(English painter, printmaker, and art historian, 1875–1952)
MediumEtching
Dimensionsplate: 8 1/8 × 11 7/8 in. (20.6 × 30.2 cm)
sheet: 11 9/16 × 18 1/4 in. (29.4 × 46.4 cm)
sheet: 11 9/16 × 18 1/4 in. (29.4 × 46.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Charles Lee Reese, 1940
Object number1940-11.202
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextIn his usual precise style, Hardie emphasizes the massiveness of the fortress of St. Malo on the Normandy coast, delicately mirrored in the water at left. A student of Sir Frank Short, Hardie became a print scholar and published catalogues of several artists' work, including Meryon.
