Summer Games
1911-1912
Medium
color monotype on thin Japanese paper worked over with white gouache, attached to a grey-blue support sheet
Dimensions
sheet: 33.2 × 48 cm (13 1/16 × 18 7/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen
Accession Number
2012.92.376
Art Historical Context
**Summer Games** by Morizzer, created between 1911 and 1912, captures joyful spirit of leisure in an era just before World War I reshaped Europe. This vibrant print, now housed in the National Gallery Art thanks to the generous gift of Ruth Cole Kainen, visitors to imagine carefree summer pastimes—perhaps children at play amid lush greenery—rendered with Melzer's distinctive flair for color and movement. What makes this work stand out is its innovative medium: a color monotype on delicate thin Japanese paper, enhanced with white gouache for luminous highlights, then mounted on a grey-blue sup...