The Tragic Comedians

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Object Details

Artist

Walt Kuhn, American, b. Brooklyn, New York, 1877–1949

Provenance

Harold Diamond, New York, 1958-1959

Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 1959-17 May 1966

Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966

Exhibition History

HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institiution, Washington, DC. "'The Noble Buyer': John Quinn, Patron of the Avant-Garde," 15 June-4 September 1978, no. 39, color ill. p. 109.

WEISMAN ART MUSEUM, Minneapolis, MN. "On the Edge of Your Seat: Popular Theatre and Film in Early 20th Century American Art" 20 April 2002 - 4 August 2002. TOUR: MONTCLAIR ART MUSEUM, NJ, 15 September 2002 - 2 January 2003; PENNYSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS, 20 February 2003 - 15 May 2003.

Credit Line

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966

Date

(c. 1916)

Accession Number

66.2834

Type

Painting

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

96 x 45 in. (243.8 x 114.3 cm)

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School

Early American Modernism

Data Source

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py27c820812-08fe-4c56-afc2-fb584a84f5ad

Record ID

hmsg_66.2834