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Rain of Ashes by Rico Lebrun

Rain of Ashes by Rico Lebrun

Rain of Ashes

Rico Lebrun

Title

Rain of Ashes

 
Artist

Rico Lebrun

  1900 - 1964 (biography)
Year
1945  
Technique
color lithograph 
Image Size
13 3/8 x 17" image 
Signature
pencil, lower right 
Edition Size
30 of 60  
Annotations
editioned in pencil 
Reference
Feinblatt and Davis, cat. no. 55; illustrated on page 59 in Los Angeles Prints, 1883-1980 
Paper
antique-white wove 
State
published 
Publisher
artist 
Inventory ID
20065 
Price
SOLD
Description

This image, done in 1945, probably refers to the atomic bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Two figures are caught in a maelstrom of fire and ash. An umbrella-like structure offers little protection from the inferno.

"Rain of Ashes" was printed both in black and white and with a red tint stone. It was one of three Lebrun images selected for the Los Angeles exhibition "Los Angeles Prints 1883-1980" in 1980 - 1981. It is illustrated on page 59 of Ebria Feinblatt and Bruce Davis' catalogue of the same title.