Lotus

Object Details

Artist

Joseph Stella, American, b. Muro Lucano, Italy, 1877–1946

Provenance

Estate of the artist

Rabin & Krueger, Newark, NJ, to 16 November 1962

Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 16 November 1962-17 May 1966

Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966

Exhibition History

DREW UNIVERSITY, Madison, NJ. Joseph Stella: Paintings and Drawings on loan from the Rabin & Krueger Gallery, the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Collection and the Newark Museum, 24 February-24 March 1963, ill.

ROBERT SCHOELKOPF GALLERY, New York. Joseph Stella, 29 October-16 November 1963, no. 21.

TERRA MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, Evanston, IL. American Painting 1880-1930: Treasures from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 28 July-30 September 1980, no. 23.

HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. Joseph Stella: Selected Works from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection, 12 May-17 July 1983, no. 24. TOUR: COLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ART, Columbus, OH, 11 February-25 March 1984.

WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, New York. Joseph Stella, 21 April-18 September 1994, fig. 197, p. 166.

Published References

JAFFE IRMA B. Joseph Stella (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1970) p. 201, no. 144.

Art of the Flower: The Smithsonian Engagement Calendar for 1979 (Washington D.C.: Smithsonian/Universe, 1979) in September, ill.

UNSIGNED. "Joseph Stella and American Modernism." Exhibit 116 (May/June 1983) ill.

TIGHE, MARY ANN. "Another Look at the Other Stella," House & Garden (July 1983) p. 152-153.

ZILCZER, JUDITH. Joseph Stella: The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection (Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1983) no. 24, p. 50.

Credit Line

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

(c. 1929)

Accession Number

66.4788

Type

Painting

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

21 1/2 X 25 3/4 IN. (54.7 X 65.3 CM.)

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School

Early American Modernism

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Record ID

hmsg_66.4788

Metadata Usage (text)

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GUID (Link to Original Record)

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