Hyenas: Nature's Nocturnal Terrors

1937

Mordi Gassner

Associated Names
Mordi Gassner

Artist, American, 1899 - 1995

Associated American Artists

Publisher

This is a drawing of three hyenas surrounding a skeletal carcass. The scene is set in a dark environment with a dramatic sky. The hyenas are shown scavenging the remains, while the surroundings are in shadow. The hyenas appear detailed and lifelike, contrasting with the lifeless skeletal carcass. At the bottom, the inscription reads "Nature's Nocturnal Terrors."
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Dorothy Gordon Pocinki

  • Dimensions

    image: 30.48 x 22.86 cm (12 x 9 in.)
    sheet: 38.74 x 28.58 cm (15 1/4 x 11 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2011.15.6

  • Portfolio Title

    Six Wild Animals

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dorothy Gordon Pocinki; by inheritance to her son, Alan Pocinki, Potomac, MD; acquired 2011 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

2016

  • Windisch, Gail, and Sylvan Cole, Jr. Art for Every Home: An Illustrated Index of Associated American Artists Prints, Ceramics, and Textile Designs. Manhattan: Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University, 2016, p. 26, no. 149.

Inscriptions

lower left on stone: Mordi Gassner; lower left in graphite: Hyenas: Nature's Nocturnal Terrors; lower center in graphite: To a Scientist from an artist; lower right in graphite: Mordi Gassner / Oct 26 1945

Wikidata ID

Q76557487

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