The Pattern Makers

James Milford Zornes, artist

1908–2008

The Pattern Makers, 1936

Where object was made: United States

Material/technique: lithograph

Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 240 x 306 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 9 7/16 x 12 1/16 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 332 x 475 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 13 1/16 x 18 11/16 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 16 x 20 in

Credit line: Gift of Hal M. Davison, Class of 1949

Accession number: 1998.0684

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Brosseau Center for Learning: Centenarians

Milford Zornes moved west to California during the Dust Bowl. When he turned 20, he hitchhiked across the country, worked as a longshoreman in New York City, and then traveled to Europe. After his return to Los Angeles in the early 1930s, Zornes studied at the Otis Art Institute. Zornes spent most of his career teaching art in California universities.

Exhibition Label:
"Claimed: Land Use in Western America," Jun-2007, Kate Meyer
“While irrigation is not indispensable, it is essential to the best and highest results, especially in the line of small-farming…Without artificial moisture there can be no beautiful lawns, successive crops of vegetables and small fruits, or goodly yields of alfalfa.”

William E. Smythe, The Conquest of Arid America, 1905