Marine Elements
Date1937
Artist
Henry Billings
(American painter and illustrator, 1901–1985)
MediumScreen print
Dimensionscomposition: 8 7/8 × 14 in. (22.5 × 35.6 cm)
sheet: 13 1/8 × 19 in. (33.3 × 48.3 cm)
sheet: 13 1/8 × 19 in. (33.3 × 48.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1989
Object number1989-111
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextIn the 1930s Billings attracted attention for his large, decorative paintings based on modern machinery. With its pastiche of stylized marine imagery and flat colorful masses, this print reflects his approach.