Rain of Ashes by Rico Lebrun
Rain of Ashes
Rico Lebrun
Title
Rain of Ashes
Artist
Rico Lebrun
1900 - 1964 (biography)Year
1945
Technique
color lithograph
Image Size
13 3/8 x 17" image
Signature
pencil, lower right
Edition Size
49/60 (numbered by Lebrun as 60/49)
Annotations
editioned in pencil
Reference
Feinblatt and Davis, cat. no. 55; illustrated on page 59 in Los Angeles Prints, 1883-1980
Paper
ivory wove
State
published
Publisher
artist
Inventory ID
20066
Price
$750.00
Description
This image, done in 1945, probably refers to the atomic bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Two figures are caught in a maelstrom of fire and ash. An umbrella-like structure offers little protection from the inferno.
"Rain of Ashes" was printed both in black and white and with a red tint stone. It was one of three Lebrun images selected for the Los Angeles exhibition "Los Angeles Prints 1883-1980" in 1980 - 1981. It is illustrated on page 59 of Ebria Feinblatt and Bruce Davis' catalogue of the same title.