| Maker(s): | Bisttram, Emil | | Culture: | American (1895 - 1976)
| | Title: | Nocturne: Study for Moon Magic
| | Date Made: | 1942
| | Type: | Drawing
| | Materials: | gouache and mica on medium weight, lightly textured, cream-colored paper
| | Place Made: | United States
| | Measurements: | sheet: 7 3/4 in x 10 1/4 in; 19.7 cm x 26 cm; image: 6 in x 8 in; 15.2 cm x 20.3 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | signature and date in pencil at lower right below image; Emil BISTTRAM 42; Verso, left margin in blue ink: Emil Bistram/Taos - New Mexico. "Nocturne"/ (in pencil): $50.00
| | Accession Number: | SC 2013.30.2
| | Credit Line: | Purchased with the Kathleen Compton Sherrerd, class of 1954, Acquisition Fund for American Art
| | Museum Collection: | Smith College Museum of Art
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Not on view |
Description:
abstract, geometric shapes, one resembling fact in profile looking at moon in lower left corner, with another moon-like shape with halos around it, several arcs, rectangles, triangles and a line of small circles, on dotted background
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