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Christian Jörgensen
Missioncirca 1901-1906

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Vertical watercolor painting of a ruined stone mission or church, with a bell tower rising against a pale cloudy sky and crumbling arched walls below

Christian Jörgensen, Mission, circa 1901-1906, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Mildred and Irving Shepard Bequest, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Christian Jörgensen
Norway, Oslo, active United States, 1859-1935
Title
Mission
Place Made
United States
Date Made
circa 1901-1906
Medium
Watercolor
Dimensions
Sheet: 14 7/8 × 11 3/4 in. (37.78 × 29.85 cm) Image: 14 7/8 × 11 3/4 in. (37.78 × 29.85 cm)
Credit Line
The Mildred and Irving Shepard Bequest
Accession Number
M.79.109.2
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Fort, Ilene Susan and Michael Quick. American Art: a Catalogue of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1991.

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