id:			156578
accession number:	1992.284
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1992.284
updated:		2020-11-04 21:35:23.682000

Blue Lovers, 1951. Hans Erni (Swiss, 1909-2015). Black, red, and blue gouache (scratched away to created design); sheet: 54.1 x 42 cm (21 5/16 x 16 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Lockwood Thompson 1992.284

title:				Blue Lovers
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creation date:			1951
creation date earliest:		1951
creation date latest:		1951
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creditline:			Bequest of Lockwood Thompson
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culture:	Switzerland, 20th century
technique:	black, red, and blue gouache (scratched away to created design)
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - Swiss
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Hans Erni (Swiss, 1909-2015)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 54.1 x 42 cm (21 5/16 x 16 9/16 in.)
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	description:	cream(3) wove paper
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	inscription:	signed, lower right, in white gouache: erni 51 ; VERSO: upper left, in graphite: 5 [circled] ; [by artist?], lower right, in black ball-point pen: HANS ERNI, LUCERNE / BLUE LOVERS / PHOTO HE [HE in ligature] ; lower right, in blue ink: 9
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The German Tradition
	opening date:   1993-04-27T04:00:00
	<i>The German Tradition</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 27-June 27, 1993).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	The Art Colony, Cleveland
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