Light Picture
Hannes Beckmann, American (born Germany), 1909 - 1977
1975
Oil on canvas
Overall: 42 3/8 × 42 3/8 in. (107.6 × 107.6 cm)
Frame: 43 × 43 in. (109.2 × 109.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Stuart Russell
P.991.38
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Painting
Research Area
Painting
Not on view
Inscriptions
Initialled and dated, in black, lower left: h.b. 75; inscribed, on reverse, in black marker, on canvas return, along leftside, from top to bottom: "Light Picture" [underlined] oil 1975 Hannes Beckmann
Provenance
The artist (1909-1977), Hanover, New Hampshire; Dr. and Mrs. Stuart Russell, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1977; given to present collection, 1991.
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