H. C. Westermann
American, 1922-1981
Holiday Inn
INV-4405
H. C. Westermann
American, 1922-19811972
Holiday Inn
H. C. Westermann American, 1922-1981 →lithographprint
Date
1972
Medium
Lithograph on white wove paper
Dimensions
64 × 83.5 cm (25 1/4 × 32 7/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Allan Frumkin Gallery
Westermann, who studied in the early 1950s at the School of the Art Institute, is best known for his idiosyncratic and obsessively crafted sculptures. Lemon had worked with the artist before starting Landfall, but the only project they completed in Chicago is the portfolio entitled Six Lithographs, of which Holiday Inn is a part. The images encompass familiar themes in Westermann's sculptural and graphic oeuvre, including Death Ship, which refers to his experiences as a gunner aboard the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Enterprise during World War II.
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