Waterfall, Marguerite Thompson Zorach, India ink on paper

Waterfall

Marguerite Thompson Zorach

About 1912

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An abstract composition made up of three squares layered onto one another. The top square is red. Behind it is purple then blue.
At the center of the work is an irregular circle outlined in black. The circle is divided into a light blue upper portion and a light pink lower portion. The circle is partially intersected by a stroke of brown paint emerging from the right. Above the circle are two slanted lines that meet at the bottom of an irregular black rectangle, part of which is covered in brown with two dashes of light blue below it. Two thin vertical black lines emerge from the bottom towards the circle. The background of the work is painted white.
This image is created with black ink on paper. It shows a corner store with a sign for Nehi cola above its awning. To the right of the corner store is a two story building with a second story porch, possibly a domestic building. To the left of the corner store (behind it and down the street) are two small buildings and then a church with a steeple and a tower. Two children play in the foreground, and a woman walks down the street to the left of the corner store toward the church.
The Steerage, Alfred Stieglitz, photogravure