Leaping Marlin -- Guaymas, Mexico
Lithograph: 1939

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Leaping Marlin, Guaymas, Mexico
Detail of marlin
Malmquist signature
Gualtieri Shells

Full sheet

L. Malmquist
Leaping Marlin -- Guaymas, Mexico
American: 1939
Lithograph
Signed and dated lower right
8.25 x 11.75 inches, image
11.25 x 15 inches, overall
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A marlin leaps out of the ocean.  A yacht and mountain are in the distance.  The rendering is very stylized, in the Art Deco taste, emphasizing the fish’s dramatic, curving silhouette.  The pointy top fin is echoed by the shape of the mountains in the distance.  The title indicates it is a based on a scene in Guaymas, Mexico, a port city on the Gulf of California.