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Highway
1973
Bruce McCombs
Bruce McCombs (American, b. 1943)
Prints
Highway, 1973. Bruce McCombs (American, b. 1943). Etching; platemark: 55.4 x 69.7 cm (21 13/16 x 27 7/16 in.); sheet: 75 cm (29 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Frances P. Taft, Trustee of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1973-2017 2017.207 Bruce McCombs’s 1973 etching reflects the artist’s interest in the Midwestern city and its development in relation to innovations in automobiles in the 20th century. Highway focuses on a sleek car design of the 1920s, and the new phenomenon of the highway stretching beyond the horizon––an optimistic portrayal of invention and industry.
- Maker/Artist
- Bruce McCombs
- Classification
- Formatted Medium
- Etching
- Medium
- etching
- Dimensions
- Platemark: 55.4 x 69.7 cm (21 13/16 x 27 7/16 in.); Sheet: 75 cm (29 1/2 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Lower left, in graphite: Highway; in graphite, lower center: 31/50; lower right, in graphite: B. McCombs. 73 imp.
- Departments
- Prints
- Accession Number
- 2017.207
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Frances P. Taft, Trustee of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1973-2017
- Exhibitions
- The May Show: 53rd Annual Exhibition of Works by Artists and Craftsmen of The Western Reserve
- Rights Statement
- Copyrighted
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