TitleThe Hidden Moon
Artist
Birge Harrison
(1854 - 1929)
Datec. 1907
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 25 1/4 × 30 1/8 in.
Framed: 31 9/16 × 36 1/2 × 2 3/4 in.
SignedSigned at bottom left: "Birge Harrison".
SubmissionNA diploma presentation, October 3, 1910
Credit LineNational Academy of Design, New York, NY
Object number539-P
Label TextThe night sky and the effects of the moon on broad masses of clouds were among Harrison's favorite artistic interests. Moonlight produced what he called a "lost-edge" effect, a "general diffusion of tone," which subordinated compositional details to an enveloping, mysterious light.
