San Sepolcro
Heliker, John
1952
Artwork Information
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Title:
San Sepolcro
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Artist:
Heliker, John
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Artist Bio:
American, 1909–2000
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Date:
1952
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Medium:
Oil on Masonite
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Dimensions:
24 x 15 in.
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Credit Line:
Wichita Art Museum, Roland P. Murdock Collection
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Object Number:
M110.53
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Display:
Not Currently on Display
About the Artwork
From a letter to Elizabeth Navas by John Heliker:
“San Sepolcro was begun in Rome last summer (1952) and completed in New York the following winter, and refers to one of the many medieval towns north of Rome I found so stimulating and rich in architectural motifs . . . The simplicity of these age-worn forms, the church towers and pavements lend themselves well to a painting concerned mainly with sound structure, not overly recessive spatially, and in which line is confined mainly to the simplest (straight) though often quite textural; also the element of color appealed to me greatly in these places.”