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Painter:
Leyendecker, Joseph Christian 1874-1951  Search this
Subject:
Beach, Rex  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas board
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Morris Museum of Art 1 Tenth Street Augusta Georgia 30901 Accession Number: 1989.01.105
Date:
1912
Notes:
Morris Museum of Art, 2005.
Pennington, Estill Curtis, "A southern collection: select works from a permanent collection of painting in the South prepared for the opening of the Morris Museum of Art, September 24, 1992," Augusta, GA: Morris Communications Corp., 1992.
Chambers, Bruce W., "Art and artists of the South: The Robert P. Coggins Collection," Columbia, S.C.: University of South Carolina Press, 1984, no. 82.
Chambers, Bruce W., "Art and artists of the South: The Robert P. Coggins Collection," Columbia, S.C.: University of South Carolina Press, 1984, pg. 118.
(Lower right:) To my friend Rex Beach, a souvenir of our trip to the Santee. J. C. Leyendecker '12 signed
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Summary:
Rex Beach, dressed for hunting, is seated in a canoe, smoking a pipe and holding a rifle.
Topic:
Portrait male  Search this
Recreation--Sport & Play--Hunting  Search this
Waterscape--Boat  Search this
Object--Game  Search this
Recreation--Leisure--Smoking  Search this
Occupation--Writer--Novelist  Search this
Occupation--Writer--Playwright  Search this
Landscape--River--Santee River  Search this
Landscape--South Carolina  Search this
Control number:
IAP 67990142
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_374507