The Flight

c. 1912

Moriz Melzer

Associated Names
Moriz Melzer

Artist, German, 1877 - 1966

The image shows four human figures and two animals, likely horses. One figure with short, dark hair is standing in a green tone. Another figure with dark hair and a maroon cloth wrapped around the waist is seated. The third figure has dark skin and contrasting features, facing away. A child with dark hair is crouching nearby. Two animals, presumably horses, are behind the seated figure. The background has a blue sky and earthy tones, depicting a barren setting.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color monotype on thin Japanese paper, with coated paper beneath attached to a black wove support sheet

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 33.6 × 48.2 cm (13 1/4 × 19 in.)
    support: 48.4 × 66.8 cm (19 1/16 × 26 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.375

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Leistner 2007, undesc.

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Jörg Maass Kunsthandel, Berlin); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased November 25, 1996; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2007

  • Leistner, Gerhard. Moriz Melzer. Streben nach reiner Kunst: Werke von 1907 bis 1927. Regensburg: Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie, 2007: undesc.

Inscriptions

in red pencil, at bottom right corner: 36.; on verso, in graphite: Moriz Melzer

Wikidata ID

Q76556761

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