Potop

Artist Krzysztof Skórczewski (Polish, born 1947)

Date1985

MediumEngraving and mezzotint

DimensionsPlatemark: 10 1/2 × 15 1/4 in. (26.7 × 38.7 cm) Sheet: 14 3/4 × 22 in. (37.5 × 55.9 cm)

Credit LineUnknown

CulturePolish

MarkingsArtist's chop "S" bottom center

Inscribed91/100; Potop; 1985 (in plate)

Object numberPC2015.22.01

ClassificationsPrint Collection

DescriptionA monolithic structure arises from the water surrounded by pieces of lumber that seem to be either wreckage or building materials for the structure itself. In the background-left similar structures jut up in differing directions from the water; above, the sky opens up pouring down into the background.

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