Elk: The Majesty of Nature

1937

Mordi Gassner

Associated Names
Mordi Gassner

Artist, American, 1899 - 1995

Associated American Artists

Publisher

This is a black and white drawing of a forest scene with a waterfall. The image displays a waterfall flowing down from the top of the image surrounded by foliage. In the foreground stands a large elk with antlers, and two other elk rest nearby. Above the scene is an ethereal figure integrated with the natural elements.
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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: 39.69 x 28.58 cm (15 5/8 x 11 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2011.15.2

  • 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. 25, no. 147.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Elk: The Majesty of Nature; lower center in graphite: to Dr. Abe Gordon - appreciatively; lower right in grpahite: Mordi Gassner / Oct 26, 1945

Wikidata ID

Q76557480

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