14973 ("If you are always surrounded by love ..."), 1931

Title

14973 ("If you are always surrounded by love ...")

Draughtsman

• John Elsas

Period Produced

• 20th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• watercolours?
• gouache?
• paper

Technique

• collage
• watercolour painting?
• gouache painting?
• brush drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• autonomous drawing

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Monogrammiert und datiert unten rechts (mit der Feder in Schwarz): 26/11 // 1932 / JE; bezeichnet unten: Ist man stets von Liebe umgeben / so führet man ein Götterleben

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet oben rechts (mit der Feder in Rot): 16865
Verso mittig Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• personal depiction

Primary

• 31A the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa)
• 33C23 couple of lovers
• 0 Abstract, Non-representational Art
• 49L12 Roman script; scripts based on the Roman alphabet