Factories (Byproduct Plant)
Date
1918-1920
Artist
Joseph Stella, American, b. Muro Lucano, Italy, 1877–1946
Provenance
Charles Egan, New York
Robert Holland, Chicago
Harold Diamond, New York, to 15 April 1961
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 15 April 1961-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 17 May 1966
Exhibition History
ARCHITECTURAL LEAGUE OF NEW YORK, New York. Thirty-Ninth Annual Exhibition, 3 February-2 March 1924, no. 734 or 35 (?).
A.C.A. GALLERY, New York. Stella 1943, 8-27 November 1943, no. 16.
WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, New York. Joseph Stella, 4 November-8 December 1963, no. 42.
HECKSCHER MUSEUM, Huntington, New York. "The Precisionist Painters 1916-1949: Interpretations of a Mechanical Age," 7 July-20 August 1978, p. 37, ill.
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. 7. TOUR: COLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ART, Columbus, OH, 11 February-25 March 1984.
WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, New York. Joseph Stella, 22 April-9 October 1994, fig. 128, p. 272.
Published References
UNSIGNED. "The Coal By-Product Oven," Drawings by Joseph Stella, The Survey L1 (1 March 1924) p. 366 ill.
WHITNEY PAPERS. microfilm roll no. N689, frames 2, 91, 301.
JAFFE, IRMA B. "Joseph Stella: An Analysis and Interpretation of his Art," unpublished Ph.D. dissertation (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University, 1966) p. 325, no. 263.
JAFFE, IRMA B. Joseph Stella (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1970) p. 207, no. 278.
DORSEY, JOHN. "Hirshhorn Presents Limited Look at Joseph Stella's Strange Career," Baltimore Sun (20 May 1983).
ZILCZER, JUDITH. Joseph Stella: The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection (Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1983) no. 7, p. 32-3.
HALL, JACQUELINE. "Stella Exhibit Shows Varied Expressions," Columbus Dispatch (26 February 1984).
THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART. American Pastels in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1989) p. 105-107, fig. 35.
GIBSON, ERIC. "Two Fine Exhibitions Up From 'Basement'," Washington Times (2 October 1990) p. E4, ill.
WATKINS, EILEEN. "Exhibit Recalls Once-Lofty Hopes for Technology, Industry," Sunday Star-Ledger (1 January 1995).
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: 150 Works of Art (Washington D.C.: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 1996) p. 38.
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School
Early American Modernism
On View
Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden (Washington, DC), 2nd Floor
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
66.4776
Type
Drawing
Medium
Pastel, charcoal, and metallic paint on paper mounted on paperboard
Dimensions
22 7/8 x 29 in. (58.1 x 73.7 cm) on artist's mount: 24 15/16 x 30 1/8 in. (63.3 x 76.4 cm) [irreg.]
