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Artist:
Robert Henri, American, b. Cincinnati, Ohio, 1865–1929  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
33 1/4 X 41 1/4 IN. (84.4 X 104.6 CM.)
Type:
Painting
Date:
(1912)
Provenance:
Estate of the artist
Violet Organ, New York
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, to 2 June 1959
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 2 June 1959 to 17 May 1966
Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 17 May 1966
Exhibition History:
JESUP GALLERY, Westport Public Library, Connecticut. "Music in Art," 25 March-13 April 1963 (sponsored by the Westport Community Association).
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Variations on a Musical Theme: Selections from the Museum Collection," 22 July-5 September 1982.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "'The Eight' and the Independent Tradition in American Art," 13 January-15 May 1983, no. 4. TOUR: TERRA MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, Evanston, IL, retitled Early Rebels in American Art (The Eight), 1 April-8 May 1983, no. 4.
CHRYSLER MUSEUM OF ART, Norfolk, Virgina. "Americans in Spain: Painting and Travel, 1820-1920," 12 February-16 May 2021, no. 102, color ill. p. 198. Tour: MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM, 11 June-3 October.
Published References:
HENRI, ROBERT. Unpublished Record Book, p. 83. Courtesy of Mrs. John C. LeClair, Glen Gardner, NJ.
JACOBS, JAY. "Collector: Joseph H. Hirshhorn," Art in America 57 (July-August 1969) ill. p. 59.
FORGEY, BENJAMIN. "A Hirshhorn Art Survey: Striking and Surprising," Washington (D.C.) Evening Star (23 February 1971) sec. B ill. p. 7.
JACOBS, JAY. "Quality as Well as Quantity: Joseph H. Hirshhorn," in Lipman, Jean ed. The Collector in America (New York: Viking, 1971) ill. p. 89.
LERNER, ABRAM et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1974) p. 701, ill. no. 185.
UNSIGNED. "Acquisitions of Modern Art by Museums," Supplement to the Burlington Magazine CXVI/860 (November 1974) no. 119.
Reading Literature: Orange Level (Evanston, IL: McDougal, Littell & Company, 1985) ill. p. 245.
PERLMAN, BENNARD B. Robert Henri: His Life and Art (New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1991) p. 150, no. 9.
Credit Line:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966
Accession Number:
66.2434
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School:
American Realism (Ashcan School)
Data Source:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
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