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Drawing, Four Figures with Sun
This is a Drawing. It was created by Winold Reiss. It is dated ca. 1925 and we acquired it in 1992. Its medium is graphite on cream wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
This object was
donated by
Anonymous.
It is credited Gift of Anonymous Donor.
![An image of a figure with wings, riding on a fast-moving horse traveling in an angle downward and towards the left of the painting, amid layers of irregular, overlapping shapes in pale tones of green, brown, yellow, blue, and orange. Stars are overlaid on the left side of the painting with wavy lines emanating from the horse's nostril and across the painting and again, partially near the bottom quarter of the piece. Arcs overlap along the bottom left corner along with other, more fractured shapes throughout. The overall style is angular and somewhat flat, echoing features of Art Deco and cubism. Some brush strokes are visible, especially on the horse, with its long tail and jagged mane. The rear legs are outstretched as though the horse is flying. In fact, the piece depicts the angel of death, with wings borrowed from the archangel Gabriel, racing down from the heavens on horseback to rescue a woman from a life of suffering. The piece was one of seven included as part of a collaboration with noted author and civil rights advocate James Weldon Johnson's Harlem Renaissance-era book, God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse, 1927. The original medium was oil on masonite, a type of hardboard, a kind of engineered wood, which is made of steam-cooked and pressure-molded wood fibers. The artist's signature, [A. Douglas] is noted near the bottom right corner, and the painting has a black border.](https://images.collection.cooperhewitt.org/325347_e52029cd2bb063fe_n.jpg "Object ID #1108760847")
- Object ID #1108760847
- oil on masonite.
- The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund and Gift of Prof. and....
- 48.2016.19
- Drawing, Design for Sand-Blasted Glass Mural: Mercury Gathering Air Waves...
- brush and white gouache, black wash, graphite on tan paper.
- Museum purchase from Drawings and Prints Council Fund.
- 2001-10-1
- Drawing, Abstract Cityscape
- graphite, orange crayon on wove paper.
- Gift of Anonymous Donor.
- 1992-127-1
Its dimensions are
14.5 x 22.9cm (5 11/16 x 9in.)
It has the following markings
Stamp on verso, in brown ink, lower right: Winold/Reiss
Cite this object as
Drawing, Four Figures with Sun; Winold Reiss (American, b. Germany, 1886–1953); USA; graphite on cream wove paper; 14.5 x 22.9cm (5 11/16 x 9in.); Gift of Anonymous Donor; 1992-128-1
