William Richard Crutchfield
(American, 1932-2015)
Zeppelin Schooner, 1973
screenprint and lithograph in colors on wove paper
signed and dated artist's proof Richard Crutchfield 1973 in pencil lower print above margin,
published/printed by Tyler Graphics Ltd., Mt. Kisco, New York
35 x 57in (89 x 145cm)
Provenance:
Property from a Private Beverly Hills Collector.

Footnote:
Artist William Richard Crutchfield (1932–2015), born in Indianapolis, Indiana, received a traditional studio training at the city’s Herron School of Art and later at Tulane University in New Orleans. His conventional education in the arts may have suited his eye for metronomic movement but perhaps not his prankish sense of humor.

Crutchfield moved to Los Angeles in 1967, settling near the shipyards of San Pedro, amid views of the bustling Port of Los Angeles. This industrial setting provided the artist with plenty of inspiration and subject material for his mechanically derived artworks (the artist once professed that the 1928 transatlantic flight of the Graf Zeppelin was one of his prime spiritual sources). The move also gave him the opportunity to create a more public persona after many years of teaching; that same year, he created a lithographic suite for publisher Gemini G.E.L. in Los Angeles and began regularly exhibiting in galleries.

Matted and framed. 42 1/2 x 64 in (108 x 162cm) Excellent overall condition.