Symbolic Scene
Symbolic Scene

Currently not on view

Symbolic Scene,

1930

Carl Ritz, 1892–1952; born Frankfurt-Grieszheim, Germany; died Flemington, NJ
x1943-42

Information

Title
Symbolic Scene
Dates

1930

Maker
Carl Ritz
Medium
Black ink with incisions
Dimensions
23.2 x 18.5 cm. (9 1/8 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Frank Jewett Mather Jr.
Object Number
x1943-42
Signatures
Signed and dated inscised into black ink, upper left: CARL RITZ 1930
Culture
American
Type
drawings
Materials
ink, boards (flat objects)
Techniques
incising
Subject
clocks, symbolism, figures (representations), serpents, creatures, nudes

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