Magic Noire
Kurt Seligmann, Swiss, 1900 - 1962
1933
Etching and aquatint on wove paper
Edition of 100
Image: 13 × 10 9/16 in. (33 × 26.9 cm)
Plate: 13 3/4 × 11 5/16 in. (34.9 × 28.7 cm)
Sheet: 19 1/8 × 14 9/16 in. (48.6 × 37 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through a gift from the R. C. Lilly Foundation in memory of Churchill P. Lathrop
PR.998.31
Portfolio / Series Title
Protuberances Cardiaques
Geography
Place Made: Switzerland, Europe
Period
20th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, in graphite, lower right: K. Seligmann 33; inscribed, in graphite, lower left: Magic Noire / epreuve; inscribed, in graphite, lower right: a' Monsieur Zwemmer / ami calement Seligmann / 1933
Exhibition History
Shadows and Hallucinations: Surrealist Art from the Permanent Collection, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, MALS308, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 24-September 5, 1999.
Surrealist Works from the Permanent Collection, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, MALS, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 20-September 1, 2002.
Teaching the History of Western Art 1500-Present, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, ArtH2, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 27-March 11, 2001.
Provenance
Charles M. Young Fine Prints & Drawings, Glastonbury, Connecticut; sold to present collection, 1998.
Catalogue Raisonne
Mason 26, iii/iii
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