Joseph Hirsch

Moonlight
1937

A dark, moody painting depicting the ruins of a building illuminated by an eerie green light. The structure is dilapidated, with gaping windows and crumbling walls, set against a pitch-black sky. Debris is scattered in the foreground, suggesting a scene of desolation and abandonment.

A dark, moody painting depicting the ruins of a building illuminated by an eerie green light. The structure is dilapidated, with gaping windows and crumbling walls, set against a pitch-black sky. Debris is scattered in the foreground, suggesting a scene of desolation and abandonment.

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Date
1937

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Oil on canvas mounted on paperboard

Dimensions
Overall: 24 3/4 × 17 13/16in. (62.9 × 45.2 cm)

Accession number
43.2

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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Joseph Hirsch
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