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Backyard Corner

Backyard Corner

Maker (American, 1893 - 1946)
Collections
ClassificationsPRINTS
Date1930
Mediumlithograph printed on white wove paper
Dimensions10 3/8 x 12 7/8 in. (26.4 x 32.7 cm.)
SignedSigned and dated in lower right of recto in graphite: '30
InscribedSigned and dated in lower right of recto in graphite: '30
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of Mrs. Homer D. Crotty.
Status
Not on view
Label TextAs the Los Angeles Times art critic and printmaker Arthur Millier remarked, Wanda Gág drew lithographs "with that extra personal twist of feeling which can make a mere bowl of fruit or a simple forge more interesting than some exciting bit of human drama." Here she conveyed the sense of a living presence in this still life of objects from her backyard. The axe and shovel seem to have been left momentarily, and the irregular sides of the pails have an anthropomorphic quality.

After studying at the Art Students League, Gág created illustrations for The Masses and showed her work at the Weyhe Gallery. She is probably best known for writing and illustrating the children's book Millions of Cats (1928).
Object number91.284.24
On the corner
On the corner
Edgar Dorsey Taylor
1962
Object number: 94.33.167
Corner of a Wood (Coin d'un bois)
Corner of a Wood (Coin d'un bois)
Alphonse Legros
1877/1887
Object number: 72.62.291
Image Not Available for Sermon from Revelations
Sermon from Revelations
Peter Hurd
n.d.
Object number: 91.284.35
Mississippi Noah
Mississippi Noah
John Steuart Curry
1934
Object number: 91.284.15
Fence Corner Oration
Fence Corner Oration
Edward Windsor Kemble
n.d.
Object number: 91.163
Image Not Available for S.E. corner of Apablasa and Juan Sts. Juan runs to right and Apablasa to left
S.E. corner of Apablasa and Juan Sts. Juan runs to right and Apablasa to left
Martin Jacob Jackson
Object number: 2022.16.6
Image Not Available for Corner of Napier and Alameda looking East. March 1930
Corner of Napier and Alameda looking East. March 1930
Martin Jacob Jackson
1930
Object number: 2022.16.7
Image Not Available for Bing Kong Tong, Apablasa St. (upper left corner). April 25, 1926
Bing Kong Tong, Apablasa St. (upper left corner). April 25, 1926
Martin Jacob Jackson
1926
Object number: 2022.16.8
Image Not Available for Corner of Marchessault St. and Alameda
Corner of Marchessault St. and Alameda
Martin Jacob Jackson
Object number: 2022.16.1
Image Not Available for Corner of Apablasa St. and Alameda – showing the balcony of the “Biltmore” (the building which runs from Alameda on the North side of Apablasa back its length facing at the jog in Apablasa and as it was considered a high class building, it came to be known as “The Biltmore”. The Soo Hoo family lived here for a time.) The red brick building across the street is F. Sie On’s home – Trees showing in back of it are in the Plaza.
Corner of Apablasa St. and Alameda – showing the balcony of the “Biltmore” (the building which runs from Alameda on the North side of Apablasa back its length facing at the jog in Apablasa and as it was considered a high class building, it came to be known as “The Biltmore”. The Soo Hoo family lived here for a time.) The red brick building across the street is F. Sie On’s home – Trees showing in back of it are in the Plaza.
Martin Jacob Jackson
Object number: 2022.16.15
Corner in the Library
Corner in the Library
Harry Fenn
n.d.
Object number: 91.150
Corner chair
Corner chair
Unknown, American
18th century
Object number: 2016.25.62
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