Sickle Moon over a Cornfield

1896

Karl Wilhelm Arthur Illies

Associated Names
Karl Wilhelm Arthur Illies

Artist, German, 1870 - 1952

The image shows a landscape with tall grasses gently swaying. The sky above displays a crescent moon against a smooth gradient of colors. The horizon separates the sky from the grassy field below. The color palette includes deep greens and teals close to the viewer transitioning to golden and pastel tones further away where the moon is visible.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching printed in color on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 180 x 145 cm (70 7/8 x 57 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 26 x 28 cm (10 1/4 x 11 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.302

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schiefler 1970, no. 32

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Martin Sumers Graphics, New York); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased April 25, 1978; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1970

  • Schiefler, Gustav. Das graphische Werk von Arthur Illies. Hamburg, 1970: no.32.

Wikidata ID

Q76556573

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