Central America

H. C. WestermannWW-1973-090614

1973·Pen and black ink and watercolor, over graphite, on off-white wove paper·57 × 76.4 cm (22 1/2 × 30 1/8 in.)

Westermann served as a gunner aboard the USS Enterprise during the Second World War and later reenlisted as a Marine during the Korean War. After his discharge in 1952, he began to pursue art, earning his BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1954. Using art as an outlet to express his concerns with the environment and human folly, the artist created obsessively crafted sculptural tableaux, prints, and drawings. Central America features a self-portrait and could be a commentary on his own artistic “hunt” for the exotic.

Catalogue

Year: 1973
Medium: Pen and black ink and watercolor, over graphite, on off-white wove paper
Dimensions: 57 × 76.4 cm (22 1/2 × 30 1/8 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: H. C. Westermann

Artist

H. C. Westermann

Sculpture

Horace Clifford Westermann was an American sculptor and printmaker. His sculptures frequently incorporate traditional carpentry, marquetry techniques, mixed media, and a range of personal, literary, artistic, and pop-cultural references.

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