Maynard Dixon
(1875-1946)
"Moonrise," 1934
Gouache on mat board
Signed and dated lower right: Nvorczk; titled on a label affixed verso
Image/Board: 5.25" H x 5.25" W
Other Notes: Nvorczk is a pen name that Maynard Dixon used between 1917-1934. As Modern art and artistic thought began to take root in the United States, artists like Dixon began to incorporate, or at least experiment with, the new art trend. While never fully embracing Modernism, Dixon completed about 60 small works, combining vivid, surrealist color palettes and subject matter. Adopting the pen name "Nvorczk" to complete the works and not confuse patrons and collectors, it is believed that these works may be some of the most personal of Dixon's career, as they may have been conduits for him to work through troubling periods of his life. Fifty of these works were exhibited for the first time in the exhibition "Maynard Dixonis Nvorczk" that ran from October 9, 2008 to March 15, 2009, at the Medicine Man Gallery in Tucson, Arizona.

Overall good condition. The board is hinged to the back mat with two pieces of tape affixed to the verso of the board.

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