Erni, Hans. Blue Lovers, 1951. black, red, and blue gouache (scratched away to created design), Sheet: 54.1 x 42 cm (21 5/16 x 16 9/16 in.). Bequest of Lockwood Thompson, 1992.284. Copyrighted.

Blue Lovers

1951

Hans Erni

Hans Erni (Swiss, 1909–2015)

Drawings

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

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Erni, Hans
Classification: Drawing
Formatted Medium: black, red, and blue gouache (scratched away to created design)
Medium: black, red, blue, gouache, scratched, away, created, design
Dimensions: Sheet: 54.1 x 42 cm (21 5/16 x 16 9/16 in.)
Inscribed: 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
Departments: Drawings
Accession Number: 1992.284
Credit Line: Bequest of Lockwood Thompson
Exhibitions: The German Tradition
Rights Statement: Copyrighted