Farmer and Tree by David Hendrickson
This is an etching by American artist David Hendrickson. The image is dominated by a large tree which provides shade to a farmer in a straw hat working in a garden. A ramshackle picket fence winds through the scene. Hints of cumulus clouds mimicking the shape of the trees are present to the right of the trees. Some drypoint is used to enhance the shadows.
This is a good printing with nice impression and good inking. Hand wiping has left a nice plate tone adding richness to the image. It is signed and dated in pencil lower right. It is framed with non-archival materials. There is evidence of mat burn well away from the image but abutting the signature. Otherwise the etching is in good condition.
David Hendrickson (1896-1973)
Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, David Hendrickson was an illustrator, primarily of textbooks and magazines, and was also an etcher and a painter. He lived in New York City beginning 1931, New Hope, Pennsylvania from 1936-1941, and northern California where in 1921 he had been in San Francisco and in 1947, settled in Palo Alto.
He studied at the St. Paul Institute of Art, the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, and the California School of Fine Arts.
Price: $125
Framed Size: 11.5 x 9.75 inches
Plate Size: 7 x 5 inches
Condition: Good
Medium: Etching
Subject: Landscape
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