Loving Moon

• Artist: Oscar Florianus Bluemner
• Medium: Watercolor, possibly with a surface coating, on cream, medium weight, slightly textured wove paper mounted to thick black woodpulp board
• Dates: 1927
• Dimensions: 9 15/16 x 13 5/16 in. (25.2 x 33.8 cm) Frame: 15 5/8 x 18 3/4 x 1 3/8 in. (39.6 x 47.6 x 3.5 cm)
• Signature: Signed lower center (name in monogram): "Bluemner"
• Inscriptions: Labels on verso, in artist's hand: 1) #4 'Loving Moon' record #63 1928 / varnish 'water color' painting / Oscar Bluemner 1927. 102 Plain Str. S. Braintree. / Put under colorless crystal glass. / Cut this paper at pencil lines and replace with glue. / Do not hang in sunlight 2) Oscar Bluemner 1927 102 Plain St S. Braintree, Mas. / #4 The Loving Moon / water color lightly varnished / Put under colorless crystal glass [glass underlined twice] with 1/8 inch air space [air space underlined] between / glass and painting and close up with cardboard / Therefor [sic], woodstrips should be glued to frame (for nailing) / and the sealing paper should be re-glued, finally. / Clean the painting from dust with soft cloth, only / Do not place or hang in sunlight
• Collection: American Art
• Museum Location: Brooklyn Museum, BMA, 3O11, SCR 42B
• Exhibitions:
  • Brushed with Light: American Landscape Watercolors from the Collection (September 14, 2007 through January 17, 2008)
• Accession Number: 1996.150.9
• Image: 1996.150.9_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 0,