Bror Julius Olsson Nordfeldt
American, born Sweden, 1878-1955
Chicago - The Skeleton, Monroe St. and Michigan Ave.
INV-4765
Bror Julius Olsson Nordfeldt
American, born Sweden, 1878-1955n.d.
Chicago - The Skeleton, Monroe St. and Michigan Ave.
Bror Julius Olsson Nordfeldt American, born Sweden, 1878-1955 →etchingprint
Date
n.d.
Medium
Etching in brown-black ink on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Plate: 30 × 17.7 cm (11 13/16 × 7 in.); Sheet: 32.8 × 23.9 cm (12 15/16 × 9 7/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
The Charles Deering Collection
The Skeleton depicts the construction of the Monroe Building, located right across the street from the Art Institute. Because the printing process reverses the image on the printing plate, this view is a mirror image of how the corner exists. Miniscule laborers toil away as the shell of the building becomes a skyscraper. Nordfeldt was considered one of the premier printmakers of his time. Coincidentally, he won a silver medal at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in 1915, at which Gustave Baumann was awarded a gold.
Also notable
Works in the same vein
