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Paris Gate
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This image may be set in the Zone, an area beyond Paris proper but within the city limits that was neglected between 1871 and 1929. While construction in the Zone was forbidden, migrant workers and travelers lived in the area, building houses and businesses. Here, Wilcox seems to have depicted a road leading through the Zone and into the city. Clearly, the area is not bustling: the street is blocked by an unloading cart in front of a building that emerges from the side of a hill.
| Artist / Maker | Frank Wilcox |
|---|---|
| Date | c. 1923 |
| Culture / Origin | America, Ohio, Cleveland |
| Medium | etching |
| Dimensions | Platemark: 17.3 x 22.4 cm (6 13/16 x 8 13/16 in.); Paper: 25.2 x 27.8 cm (9 15/16 x 10 15/16 in.) |
| Department | Prints |
| Type |
About the Artist
Cleveland-born Frank Wilcox received artistic training with Frederick Gottwald, Henry Keller, and Louis Rorimer while at tending the Cleveland School of Art, 1906–10. On a travel scholarship from the school, Wilcox studied at the Académie Callorossi in Paris during the winter of 1910–11 and exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1911. He then returned to Cleveland, where the Taylor Gallery organized his first solo exhibition in the fall of 1911. The Korner & Wood Galleries organized his second solo exhibition… Full biography →
Provenance & Source
Image & data: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 / Public Domain.
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