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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
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Object Details

Artist
Adolph Gottlieb, American, b. New York City, 1903–1974
Provenance
Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, to 30 October 1958
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 30 October 1958-17 May 1966
Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966
Exhibition History
JEWISH MUSEUM, New York. Adolph Gottlieb Retrospective, 17 November-31 December 1957, no. 29.
ANDRE EMMERICH GALLERY, New York. 3-31 January 1958. Adolph Gottlieb: New Work, no. 9.
ANDRE EMMERICH GALLERY, New York. Artists as Collectors, 1958.
COLISEUM, New York. Art: USA, 59, 3-19 April 1959, p. 84 (in "Who Collects American Art by Grace Borgenicht; not in main catalogue).
WALKER ART CENTER, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Adolph Gottlieb, 28 April-29 June 1963, no. 19.
VII BIENAL DE SAO PAULO. September-December 1963, no. 19.
MARLBOROUGH-GERSON GALLERY, New York. Adolph Gottlieb, 13 February-3 March 1964.
CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART, Washington, DC. Adolph Gottlieb: A Retrospective, 24 April-6 June 1981, no. 80, ill. p. 129, p. 168. Tour: THE TAMPA MUSEUM, Florida, 15 August-17 October; TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART, Ohio, 7 November-19 December; ARTHUR M. HUNTINGTON ART GALLERY, University of Texas, Austin, 9 January-20 February 1982; FLINT INSTITUTE OF ART, DEWATERS ART CENTER, Michigan, 18 March-24 April; INDIANAPOLIS MUSEUM OF ART, Indiana, 15 May-19 June; LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART, California, 10 July-21 August, ALBRIGHT-KNOW ART GALLERY, Buffalo, New York, 11 September-31 October.
(TEL AVIV MUSEUM, Israel. Retrospective? 23 November 1982-9 January 1983. Correspondence is incomplete.)
DUKE UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ART, Durham, North Carolina. "Paintings of the 50s: Another Look, a loan of twenty-one paintings from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden," 3 October-27 November 1983, ill. p. 20.
CENTRO CULTURAL ARTE CONTEMORANEO, Mexico City, Mexico. Abstract Expressionism in the United States, 10 October 1996-12 January 1997.
OFFICE OF THE UNDERSECRETARY FOR ART, Smithsonian Castle Building, Washington, DC., 26 October 2000- May 2009.
MUSEUM WIESBADEN, Germany. "Vom Blauen Reiter zum Abstrakten Expressionismus," 31 October 2010-27 February 2011, p. 338; ill. p. 341.
Published References
GOOSSEN, EUGENE. (no title), Monterey (California) Peninsular Herald. (18 December 1957).
GENAUER, EMILY. (no title--book review). New York Herald Tribune (12 January 1958).
BALDWIN, CARL. "In the Galleries: Adolph Gottlieb," Arts 32 (January 1958): 53.
UNSIGNED. "The Year's Best: 1958," Art News 57 (January 1959): ill. p. 45.
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966
Art © Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY
1957
Accession Number
66.2163
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
42 1/8 x 60 1/8 in. (107 x 152.5 cm)
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection
School
Abstract Expressionism (First Generation)
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Record ID
hmsg_66.2163
Metadata Usage (text)
Not determined
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py22d7572ad-9b15-4835-a986-6fc2f6f48fda

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