Japanese Moon III

1967

Ernst Van Leyden

Associated Names
Ernst Van Leyden

Artist, American, born 1892

Tamarind Institute

Publisher

The image displays a series of radiating and intersecting lines forming a complex geometric pattern. The lines create an abstract composition resembling a stylized face, with large circular shapes for eyes and a smaller semicircular form for a mouth. The intersecting lines form a textured grid reminiscent of detailed line art, with circular patterns in the eye-like shapes. The piece maintains an abstract quality while evoking human facial features through an artistic lens.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph (stone) in beige and black on Copperplate Deluxe paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Dorothy J. and Benjamin B. Smith

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 51.2 x 68.6 cm (20 3/16 x 27 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1984.34.1084

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1989

  • Devon, Marjorie, and Peter Walch. Catalogue Raisonné: Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Inc., 1960-1970. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Art Museum, 1989, no. 1933III.

Inscriptions

across bottom in graphite: Tam. Imp / Leyden 67; lower right verso in graphite: 1933 State III / Copperplate Deluxe paper

Markings

BS: Tamarind (T.1), Ko (T.26)

Wikidata ID

Q74064864

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