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Arthur Illies
Moonrisecirca 1897

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Vertical print of tall grain stalks and dense low grasses beneath a crescent moon in a gray sky, rendered in dark charcoal and white with fine textured marks

Arthur Illies, Moonrise, circa 1897, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, purchased with funds provided by Anna Bing Arnold, Museum Associates Acquisition Fund, and deaccession funds, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Arthur Illies
Title
Moonrise
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
circa 1897
Medium
Etching printed in blue, yellow, and red on wove paper
Dimensions
Plate: 7 1/4 x 5 13/16 in. (18.41 x 14.76 cm)
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, purchased with funds provided by Anna Bing Arnold, Museum Associates Acquisition Fund, and deaccession funds
Accession Number
83.1.1353k
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Selected Bibliography

  • Davis, Bruce. German Expressionist Prints and Drawings: The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1989; Munich, Germany: Prestel, 1989.

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