Untitled (Two skeletons looking at a pair of skeleton legs hanging from a tree) – All Works – eMuseum

Karl Mattern

(American, 1892 - 1969)

Untitled (Two skeletons looking at a pair of skeleton legs hanging from a tree), date unknown

Lithograph on paper

Des Moines Art Center Permanent Collections; Bequest of Mary Mattern, in memory of Karl Mattern, 1983.36

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Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines

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DimensionsSheet: 12 1/2 × 19 1/8 in. (31.8 × 48.6 cm)
Image: 8 1/2 × 11 3/4 in. (21.6 × 29.8 cm)

Accession Number 1983.36

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SignedKarl Mattern (l/l below plate in pencil)

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