Letters and Numbers
Date
1914
Artist
Manierre Dawson, American, b. Chicago, Illinois, 1887–1969
Provenance
Estate of the artist, to 6 June 1978
Museum Purchase, through Atrium Arts, Wilmette, Illinois, 6 June 1978
Exhibition History
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Chicago. Manierre Dawson (1887-1969) A Retrospective Exhibition of Painting, 13 November 1976-2 January 1977. TOUR: UNIVERSITY OF INDIANA ART MUSEUM, Bloomington, 18 January-20 February 1977; UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND ART GALLERY, College Park, 29 March-1 May 1977.
WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, New York. Manierre Dawson: Chicago's Undiscovered Modernist, 8 July 1988-9 September 1988.
Published References
GEDO, MARY M. "Manierre Dawson: The Prophet in His Own Country," American Art Review, December 1979, ill. p. 74.
ROBERT SCHEOLKOPF GALLERY LTD. "Manierre Dawson, Paintings 1910-1914," 28 March-22 April 1981.
ADAMS, HENRY and RANDY J. PLOOG. "Manierre Dawson: American Pioneer of Abstract Art" (New York: Hollis Taggart Galleries, 1999), ill. 44.
PLOOG, RANDY J., MYRA BAIRSTOW, and ANI BOYAJIAN. Manierre Dawson (1887-1969): A Catalogue Raisonné (Jacksonville, Florida: The Three Graces, in association with Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York, 2011), no. 1914.02, colorpl. p. 91; ill. p. 223.
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School
Early American Modernism
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Museum purchase, 1978
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
78.73
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
12 1/4 x 16 1/4 in. (31.1 x 41.2 cm)
