Black Magic / Continuation of Mynona's Gray Magic (Schwarze Magie / Fortsetzung von Mynonas grauer Magie) / Alfred Kubin
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2007/2.111
- Title
- Black Magic / Continuation of Mynona's Gray Magic (Schwarze Magie / Fortsetzung von Mynonas grauer Magie)
- Artist
- Alfred Kubin
- Artist Nationality
- Austrian
- Artist Life Dates
- 1877-1959
- Medium and Support
- pen + ink and watercolor and gouache on wove paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1954
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- Austria (nation)
- Oberösterreich (state)
- Zwickledt
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Austria (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Oberösterreich (state)
- Creation Place 4
- Zwickledt
- Style/Group/Movement
- German Expressionism / Der Blaue Reiter
- Inscription
- Signed and dated by artist in ink, bottom right corner: 1959 / Kubin / Zwickled
- [KKR: "Zwickled" refers to "Zwickledt," Kubin's castle home in Austria; he included "Zwickledt" on all of his letters written from there.]
- Written in ink along bottom left edge of image: akistanischer Winkel
- [KKR: Alternate title has come from an assumed or filled-in "P" at the beginning of this phrase]
- Written in pencil, bottom left corner below image: (Schwarze Magie) / (Fortsetzung von Mynonas grauer Magie)
- Dimensions
- 30.48 cm x 19.05 cm (12 in. x 7 1/2 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Drawing
- Primary Object Type
- portrait
- Physical Description
- A heavily inked, multi-layered multi-media image with tinges of color. On the left hand side of image, an older gentleman in turban and beard can be made out. The background is dark inks and washes, bleeding into man's figure. Bottom edge of paper carries inscriptions from Kubin (handwriting matches other samples).
- Subject Matter
- A heavily inked, at times abstract image. On the left can be seen the figure of a turbaned, bearded older man.
- Primary Keywords
- magicians
- Secondary Keywords
- man
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in the occult sciences
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2256 x 3612
- File Size
- 1 MB
- Record
- 2007/2.111
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2007-sl-2.111/2007_2_111.jpg
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"Black Magic / Continuation of Mynona's Gray Magic (Schwarze Magie / Fortsetzung von Mynonas grauer Magie); Alfred Kubin." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2007-sl-2.111/2007_2_111.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024.