Yachting on the Bay

Artist Henrietta Shore (1880 - 1963)

Date1928-1930

MediumLithograph on paper

Dimensions9 1/2 x 13 3/4 in. (24.1 x 34.9 cm)

ClassificationsPrintmaking

Credit LineThe Hilbert Collection

Object numberSho-8

DescriptionAs a young child, living in Toronto, Canada, Shore saw her reflection, surrounded by nature in a puddle of water. That profound experience inspired her to become a painter. It is said that Shore’s paintings and prints influenced her close friend Edward Weston’s famous photographs. Her sailboats here, for example, are gracefully stylized as they tack back and forth in a decorative frieze across the paper, reduced to their basic elements.

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