Date
(c. 1908)
Artist
Louis Eilshemius, American, b. Arlington, New Jersey, 1864–1941
Provenance
The artist
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, by March 1964-17 May 1966
Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966
Exhibition History
IONA COLLAGE, New Rochelle, New York. "Creative Arts Festival for the Benefit of Channel 13," 1-4 April 1964.
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. 38. 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.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Bridging the Century: Images of Bridges from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection," 11 March-12 May 1987, unpublished checklist, no. 14.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC. Loan, June 1997-January 2001.
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN, New York. "Louis M. Eilshemius (1864-1911): An Independent Spirit," 19 September-11 November 2001.
Published References
KARLSTROM, PAUL. Louis Michel Eilshemius (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1978): fig. 136.
RICHARD, PAUL. "Beckoning Bridges: An Array of Imaes at the Hirshhorn," Washington Post (15 March 1987): F5.
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Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
66.1763
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on paperboard mounted on fiberboard
Dimensions
22 1/8 X 28 1/8 IN. (56.2 X 71.5 CM.)