Si Regnent Saeculum Nostrum Ignorantia Timor Odiumque

1959

George Biddle

Associated Names
George Biddle

Artist, American, 1885 - 1973

The image contains swirling lines and intricate shapes forming an abstract composition. In the center, skeletal figures resembling dinosaur bones are depicted engaging above small human-like figures on horseback. The surrounding form suggests mythical creatures and distorted human figures. Vibrant colors and chaotic shapes are used making the figures blend into an abstract tapestry.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithotint on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Michael Biddle, 1979)

  • Dimensions

    image: 30.48 × 60.8 cm (12 × 23 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 43.18 × 70.33 cm (17 × 27 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.2781

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Pennigar 1979, no. 209

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

the artist, Croton-on-Hudson, New York; Michael Biddle, Croton-on-Hudson, New York, 1973; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1979; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1979

  • Pennigar, Martha. The Graphic Work of George Biddle, with Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1979, p. 41, no. 209.

Inscriptions

lower center on stone: Si Regnent Saeculum Nostrum Ignorantia Timor Odiumque; lower right in black ink: George Biddle - / Rome - 19959.; lower left corner in black ink: 6/50

Wikidata ID

Q77011637

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