Mid Century American reproduction print “ Hogs near a Corncrib”

This Mid century American reproduction print titled “Hogs Near a Corncrib” is by Harry Wickey. In 1935, Wickey began to have difficulties with his sight, and thus had practically to abandon etching, for which extremely close work is required.
He turned to freer and less eye-taxing media. That year he made a trip to the home farm in Ohio, and went again the following summer. Both trips were extraordinarily rich in results: some of the material went into drawings and water colors, and some found a fuller expression in lithography and sculpture.
“Hogs Near a Cornerib”, a lithograph done in 1936, is one of a large number of studies Wickey made of farm animals that year. Needless to say, although the actual locale of the scene is northwestern Ohio, this is true to farm life any-where, at any time. The artist has caught the very essence of swinishness: each of these porkers is Very Hog of Very Hog.
"What I learned about hogs is to be found in this picture," Mr. Wickey says. "I tried to realize the form, color, weight, and texture of the objects in my space, and present without exaggeration the mood of this particular incident."

Size: 12”W x 9”H

Condition: Vintage / Antique / Print in excellent condition with yellowing around the edges

Country of Origin: USA