Hans Reitz
Damned in Hell
1899
image: 11 13/16 x 8 3/4 inches (300 x 223 mm); on sheet: 14 7/16 x 10 3/8 inches (367 x 263 mm)
Pen and black ink and wash over graphite and touched with white, on paper.
1986.2110
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed and dated in pen and ink at lower left, "Hans Reitz 99".
Summary
Drawing shows a group of three men and a woman standing with their arms crossed in a bonfire stoked by a demon with a pitchfork; at right, another demon opens a door to admit another man to the infernal setting.
Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
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Classification
Century Drawings
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