LOT DETAILS

Materials:

watercolor and gouache on paper laid down on board

Measurements:

9.49 in. (24.10 cm.) (height) by 12.76 in. (32.40 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed with conjoined letters 'OBlümner' (lower left)

Exhibited:

New York, The Intimate Gallery, Oscar Bluemner--New Paintings: A Series of "Water Colors" (Synthetic Medium) and 6 Oils--Of Suns, Moons, Etc., Facts and Fancy--Strains or Moods, February 28-March 27, 1928, no. 10. New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Oscar Bluemner: A Passion for Color, October 7, 2005-February 12, 2006.

Literature:

J.R. Hayes, Oscar Bluemner: Life, Art and Theory, vol. II, Ph.D. dissertation, University of Maryland, 1982, p. 430, no. 73. B. Haskell, Oscar Bluemner: A Passion for Color, exhibition catalogue, New York, 2005, pp. 109, 226, fig. 92, illustrated (as May Moon).

Provenance:

The artist. [With]The Intimate Gallery, New York, 1927. William H. Bender, New York. Estate of the above. Sotheby's, New York, 14 December 1973, lot 213. Acquired by the present owner from the above.