MORNING
Brief description: Rectangular stained glass panel depicting an old man and a boy reaching towards the sun. Made by Ervin Bossanyi in 1932.
A rectangular stained glass panel on the theme of Morning, depicting an old man and a boy reaching towards the rising sun. They wear yellow and cream coloured garments. Below the sun are large flowers with grass and leaves along the base. In the bottom right-hand corner of the panel is a trail of ants carrying the letters which form the artist's name 'BOSSANYI' into a hole. The date '1932' is picked out in dots representing grains of soil. This is one of two panels by the artist on the theme of Morning and Evening in the museum's collection. This panel was made in 1933 and is a replica, with some details changed, of a window made for the Friedrich-Ebert-Schule in Utersen, Germany. Born in Southern Hungary, the young Ervin Bossanyi (1891-1975) studied in Budapest, Perugia, Rome, Paris and London in the years before the First World War. In 1919 he settled in L
Object type: stained glass panel
Number of objects: 1
Production date: 1933
Production period: 20th century, mid
Designer: Ervin Bossanyi (1891 - 1975)
Dimensions: Width: 860 mm, Height: 760 mm
Inscription: bottom right hand corner of panel BOSSANYI 1939
Original location: Friedrich-Ebert- Schule a school building Utersen Germany
Acquisition: gift 1976
Acquisition source: Bossanyi, Jo
Accession number: ELYGM:1983.1