Loving Moon
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
Oscar Florianus Bluemner (American, born Prussia, 1867–1938). Loving Moon, 1927. Watercolor, possibly with a surface coating, on cream, medium weight, slightly textured wove paper mounted to thick black woodpulp board, 9 15/16 × 13 5/16 in. (25.2 × 33.8 cm) frame: 15 1/2 × 18 1/2 × 1 1/4 in. (39.4 × 47 × 3.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Mrs. Carl L. Selden, 1996.150.9. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
Loving Moon
Date
1927
Medium
Watercolor, possibly with a surface coating, on cream, medium weight, slightly textured wove paper mounted to thick black woodpulp board
Classification
Dimensions
9 15/16 × 13 5/16 in. (25.2 × 33.8 cm) frame: 15 1/2 × 18 1/2 × 1 1/4 in. (39.4 × 47 × 3.2 cm)
Signatures
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
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. Carl L. Selden
Accession Number
1996.150.9
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