Nocturne

 

Marjorie Love Sutton

  1912 - 1974 (biography)

1954  

Color collagraph printed as a monoprint 

7 1/16 x 21 7/8" platemark 

pencil, lower right 

not stated 

pencil titled and dated 

 

thin, antique-white Japanese washi style paper 

published 

artist 

20881 

$500.00 

Nocturne is definitely a rendition of prehistoric cave paintings in France or elsewhere where early, very skilled artists left visual records of their world. The circular disc in the upper right could imply a full moon illuminating this nocturnal scene.