Many Moons
1956
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color lithograph in rose, green-blue, blue and blue-green and light green [proof]
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1980.45.565
Art Historical Context
Arthur L. Flory's *Many Moons* (1956) is a color lithograph proof in rose, green-blue, blue, blue-green, and light green, now in the National Gallery of Art's Rosenwald Collection. Lithography, a planographic process invented in the late 18th century, lets artists draw directly on stone or plate with greasy media so that ink adheres only to those areas. Color versions require separate plates or stones for each hue, printed in precise registration—an exacting method that Flory employed here to build luminous, overlapping tones. As a proof, the impression records an intermediate stage of the ar...
About the Artist
Arthur L. Flory
Arthur L. Flory (1914–1972) was an American artist born in Lima, Ohio, whose career bridged painting, printmaking, and illustration. He pursued formal training at the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art and the National Academy of Design, institutions that shaped his technical proficiency in graphics and fine arts. Later sources also note studies at the Cape School of Art, where he earned...