Filtered Sunlight

c. 1930s

Leo Meissner

Associated Names
Leo Meissner

Artist, American, 1895 - 1977

The image shows a wooded landscape with a stream or pool at the viewer's level. The canopy of dense trees blocks most of the light, creating shadows and highlights. The scene is detailed with fine lines and crosshatching, depicting textures of trees, foliage, and water. The color scheme is monochromatic, in varying shades of grey. A stream with subtle ripples is surrounded by rocks and plants. Trees of different sizes grow upwards with textured foliage.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    wood engraving in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Frank B. Bristow)

  • Dimensions

    image: 25.24 × 19.21 cm (9 15/16 × 7 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 36.83 × 31.12 cm (14 1/2 × 12 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.1310

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Stiles 1980, no. 46

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Frank B. Bristow, Falls Church, Virginia; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1968; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1980

  • Stiles, Sarah. Leo Meissner: Prints. Boston, MA: Childs Gallery, 1980, no. 46.

Inscriptions

lower right in block: M; lower left in graphite: FILTERED SUNLIGHT; lower center in graphite: 16/50; lower right in graphite: Leo Meissner

Markings

stamped lower left verso in black ink: F.B.B. [circled]

Watermarks

Marcus / France

Wikidata ID

Q77012322

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