Wine Moon
1954-1955
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View on museum website →Medium
screenprint
Dimensions
image: 381 x 241 mm sheet: 486 x 305 mm
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Accession Number
2008.115.4671
Art Historical Context
**Wine Moon**, a captivating screenprint created by American artist Melvin Nicholas Strawn 1954 and 1955, invites viewers into a luminous nocturnal world. Measuring 381 x 241 mm on a 486 x 305 mm sheet, work exemplifies the bold graphic potential of screenprinting, a technique that gained prominence in the mid-20th century for its ability to layer vibrant colors and achieve crisp, flat areas of tone. Strawn's choice of medium reflects the era's growing interest in printmaking as a democratic art form, bridging fine art and commercial design during the post-World War II boom in American graphic...