THE AMERICAN STILL LIFE

Hallock, Carter, Monks and Walter Murch

The National City Bank in New York commissioned a series of paintings from artists to represent the more esoteric aspects of finance - the way finance could benefit aspects of the economy.
Many of the basic illustrative concepts are impressive in their ability to make the subject interesting, and in the exuberance of composition throughout.

TOP ROW

1. WALTER MURCH Plastics and The National City Bank of New York. March 1954

2. HALLOCK, TOBACCO... and The National City Bank of New York, June 1954

3. CLARENCE CARTER, and The National City Bank of New York, June 1954

MIDDLE ROW

1. HALLOCK, New Office Machines winning paperwork battle, date unknown c1954.

2. WALTER MURCH Plastics and The National City Bank of New York. March 1954

3. WALTER MURCH Food Processing and The National City Bank of New York.

BOTTOM ROW

1. HALLOCK Instrumentation - stepping Stone to the Stars, The National City Bank of New York. 1952.

2. MONKS The railroads 1950

Hallock is a complete mystery although I have
about a dozen reproductions of his work.
He is remarkably flexible in his style and subject matter.

I wish I knew more

 
Clarence Carter can be found elsewhere in this database - -
and is sensitively treated in Trapp, Dreishpoon and Pau-Llosa, Clarence Holbrooke Carter, Rizzoli, New York 1989.
 
Walter Murch has produced some distinguished illustrations for FORTUNE magazine. He is the father of Walter Murch, sound pioneer (The Conversation, Apocalypse Now), director (The Return to Oz) and editor (The English Patient). Thanks to the latter for his help.

 

MURCH FOR FORTUNE (Two Covers)