Old Canal, Red And Blue (Rockaway River)
Date
(1911-1917)
Artist
Oscar Bluemner, American, b. Prenzlau, Germany, 1867–1938
Provenance
James Graham and Sons, New York
Gallery Gertrude Stein, New York
Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, New York, to 6 December 1962
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 6 December 1962-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Exhibition History
BOURGEOIS GALLERIES, New York. "Exhibition of Modern Art: Arranged by a Group of European and American Artists in New York," 25 March-20 April 1918, no. 4.
JAMES GRAHAM & SONS, New York. "Retrospective Exhibition," 15 November-10 December 1956, no. 15.
ZABRISKIE GALLERY, New York. "The Forum: 1916," 18 March-13 April 1963.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "The Golden Door: Artist-Immigrants of America, 1876-1976," 20 May-20 October 1976, no. 5, ill. p. 116.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Oscar Bluemner," 14 November 1979-2 March 1980, no. 39.
DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS. "Paris and the American Avant-Garde: 1900-1905," no. 2. TOUR: KALAMAZOO INSTITUTE OF ARTS, Michigan, 12 June-21 July 1980; JESSE BESSER MUSEUM, Alpena, Michigan, 1 August-31 August; UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MUSEUM OF ART, Ann Arbor, 19 September-2 November; KRASL ART CENTER, St. Joseph, Michigan, 15 November-15 December; KRESGE ART CENTER GALLERY, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 3 January-31 January 1981; ELLA SHARP MUSEUM, Jackson, Michigan, 7 February-7 March 1981.
CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART, Washington, DC. "Oscar Bluemner: Landscapes of Sorrow and Joy," 10 December 1988-19 February 1989, no. 29. TOUR: AMON CARTER MUSEUM, Fort Worth, 18 March-14 May; NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM, Trenton, 17 June-27 August.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Comparisons: An Exercise in Looking," 11 December 1990-21 April 1991.
DEUTSCHES HISTORISCHES MUSEUM, Berlin. "Vice-Versa: German Painters in America, American Painters in Germany, 1813-1913," 26 September-1 December 1996, no. 112, ill. p. 447.
Published References
ARCHIVES OF AMERICAN ART, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. Oscar Bluemner Papers, Oscar Bluemer Painting Diary, pp. 510-12, p. 738, microfilm no. 339, frames 417-18, 545.
LERNER, ABRAM et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New YOrk: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1974): no. 263 p. 202 ,667.
BRODSKY, JOYCE E. "Oscar Bluemner in Black and White," The William Benton Museum of Art, The University of Connecticut, Storrs, Bulletin (1977).
HAYES, JEFFREY RUSSELL. Oscar Bluemner: Life, Art, and Theory, (Dissertation: University of Maryland, 1982):127-8, 204.
HAYES, JEFFREY RUSSELL. Oscar Bluemner (Cambridge University Press, 1991):colorplate no. 11, p. 41, 84-5.
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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
66.560
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
14 1/4 X 20 IN. (36.1 X 50.4 CM.)