Willi Kissmer: Bare Shoulder framed Hopkinton is widely known today

Hopkinton is widely known today as the starting point of the Boston Marathon

while a figure overlooks the river below

Commissioned for American Associated Artists

c1865-1924

This work is notable for its effective and evocative lithographed portraits of renowned Americans of the antebellum period

Willi Kissmer: Bare Shoulder framed Hopkinton is widely known todayEtching on paper. Willi Kissmer. German. 1951 2018. Edition 115 199. A long time represented artist of the frederic gallery. His art primarily focused on the draping of fabric along the female form, most commonly his wife. Signed in pencil on bottom right. Edition marked on bottom left. Kissmer was well known in Germany for his music, art and sculpture. This artwork was stored in an archival environment since acquisition. In 2024, the frederic gallery