Object Details
Artist
Henry McFee, American, b. St. Louis, Missouri, 1886–1953
Provenance
Frank Rehn Gallery, New York, to 4 June 1929
Ralph Pulitzer, New York, from 4 June 1929
Bernard Black Gallery, New York, to 3 March 1966
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 3 March 1966-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhhorn, 1966
Exhibition History
Frank Rehn Gallery, New York. Henry Lee McFee, 25 March-13 April 1929, no. 8.
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975, fig. 381, pp. 273, 715.
Published References
Shapley, John. "Art Activities in New York," Parnassus (1 April 1929): 4.
Miller, Arthur. Henry Lee McFee. (Claremont, California, Scripps College, 1950): n.p., ill. (As collection of Ralph Pulitzer, New York.)
Lerner, Abram, et al. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1974): p. 715, fig. 381 p. 273.
Baker, John. Henry Lee McFee and Formalist Ralism in American Still Life, 1923-1936. (London and Toronto: Associate University Presses, 1987): fig. 43.
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Date
(c. 1925-1928)
Accession Number
66.3518
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
30 1/4 x 24 1/4 in. (76.8 x 61.6 cm)
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
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Record ID
hmsg_66.3518