Skip to main content
Nuit d'été traversée par l'oiseau
Nuit d'été traversée par l'oiseau
Object number2023.8.3

Nuit d'été traversée par l'oiseau

Date1970
Artist (Dutch, 1922-2010)
CultureBelgian, Dutch, French
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 39 1/2 x 39 1/2 in. (100.3 x 100.3 cm)
Framed: 40 3/4 x 40 3/4 x 1 1/4 in. (103.5 x 103.5 x 3.2 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Jane C. Arkus, class of 1950
On View
Not on view
Period20th c
Classification(s)
SignedOn recto, signed upper left corner in white and on verso in black: Corneille
InscribedOn recto, by artist, upper left corner in white: '70; on verso: "nuit d'été / traversée par / l'oiseau" / [signature] / '70
Exhibition HistoryMuseum of Art, Carnegie Institute
DescriptionColorful and rendered in simple forms, a person lies on their back with arms extended upwards reaching toward two birds flying overhead. The sky includes medium sized irregular shapes and parts of the composition are rendered in pattern-like dots and strokes.
Object information is a work in progress and may be updated as new research findings emerge. To help improve this record, please email loebcollections@vassar.edu
Deuxième nuit d’été
Jules Olitski
1979
Culture: Russian, American
The Forgotten Strain
Virginia Chandler Titcomb
1886
Culture: American
Herminie et le vieillard (Ermina and the Elder)
Michel Corneille
Nd
Culture: French, Italian