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East Side, New York

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

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Object Details

Artist
Louis Eilshemius, American, b. Arlington, New Jersey, 1864–1941
Provenance
Stanley N. Barbee, Beverly Hills, California, by 11 November 1952-23 March 1961
(Sale no. 1927, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York. 11 November 1952, lot 62: bought in)
Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, sale no. 2024, 23 March 1961, lot 75, ill. 23 (from Stanley N. Barbee collection).
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 23 March 1961-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Exhibition History
BALIN-TRAUBE GALLERY, New York. "Louis M. Eilshemius," 5-30 March 1963.
JEWISH MUSEUM, New York. "The Lower East Side: Portal to American Life," 21 September-6 November 1966, no. 11, ill. (and also 4 April-2 July 1967?) Tour: ARTS AND INDUSTRIES BUILDING, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 17 December 1967-18 January 1968.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975, fig. 218, p. 166, pp. 689-90.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Louis M. Eilshemius: Selections from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden," 9 November 1978-1 January 1979, no. 30. Tour: HERBERT F. JOHNSON MUSEUM OF ART, Ithaca, New York, 3 February-18 March; LEIGH YAWKEY WOODSON ART MUSEUM, Wausau, Wisconsin, 14 April-27 May; JOSLYN ART MUSEUM, Omaha, 23 June-19 August; SPRINGFIELD MUSEUM OF FINE ART, Massachusetts, 29 September-11 November; FREDERICK S. WIGHT GALLERY, University of California, Los Angeles, 8 December-13 January 1979; DE YOUNG MUSEUM, San Francisco, 1 February-1 April.
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN, New York. "Louis M. Eilshemius (1864-1911): An Independent Spirit," 19 September-11 November 2001.
Published References
ROSE, BARBARA. "New York Letter," Art International 7 (25 April 1963): 60.
JACOBS, JAY. "Collector: Joseph H. Hirshhorn," Art in America 57 (July-August 1969): colorplate 61.
JACOBS, JAY. "Quality as Well as Quantity: Joseph H. Hirshhorn," The Collector in America (New York: Viking 1971): colorplate 86.
KARLSTROM, PAUL J. diss. "Louis M. Eilshemius 1864-1941," (University of California Los Angeles, 1973).
LERNER, ABRAM, et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1974): 689, fig. 218, ill. p. 166, pp. 689-90.
FOX, HOWARD. "A Louis M. Eilshemius Portfolio," Sun & Moon: A Quarterly of Literature and Art, no. 2 (Spring 1976): ill. p. 53.
KARLSTROM, PAUL J. Louis Michel Eilshemius (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1978): 63, plate 159.
MARTINEZ, BENJAMIN and JACQUELINE BLOCK. Visual Forces: An Introduction to Design 2nd ed. (New Jersey: Englewood Cliffs/Prentice Hall, 1995), fig. B, p. 138.
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
(c. 1908)
Accession Number
66.1725
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on paper mounted on paper mounted on fiberboard and wood honeycomb panel
Dimensions
15 3/16 x 13 11/16 in. (38.5 x 34.8 cm)
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Record ID
hmsg_66.1725
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
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