Black and white print and handwritten letter set in a single mat. Print depicts a boat on reflective water with celestial object (possibly moon) in the sky above. Print bears inscriptions in pencil in lower left and lower right corners.
prints (visual works)
letters (correspondence)
paper (fiber product)
ink
Print
[illegilble writing, signed Hartogh] (Handwritten letter, possibly in German)
Mondnacht.1 / [illegible handwriting, possibly in German] (Title and number (possibly) of print with handwritten message)
Rudolph F. Hartogh (Artist's signature)
Hartogh, Rudolf Franz, 1889-1960 (Artist)
11 13/16 x 16 9/16 (HxW) (inches)
Bequest of Ise Gropius
1984.54.79
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