Dragon Trail
Date
1930
Artist
Stanton Macdonald-Wright, American, b. Charlottesville, Virginia, 1890–1973
Provenance
The artist, Santa Monica, California, 1930
Vivian F. Stringfield
Vivian F. Stringfield Estate (executor Stanton Macdonald-Wright)
[Denver Art Museum?]*
Sale no. 2531, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 16 March 1967, lot no. 108
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York and Washington, DC, 16 March 1967-31 August 1981
(Estate of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1981-1986)
Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest, 1981
*According to article by Cyril Kay Scott [director of the Denver Art Museum], "Macdonald-Wright Still Life Presented to City Art Museum," [Denver] Rocky Mountain News, 4 April 1934, ill. According to Dr. Will South, the Denver Art Museum has no record of the painting having been donated or deaccessioned.
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Exhibition History
PALACE OF THE LEGION OF HONOR, San Francisco, "Fifty-Third Annual Exhibition of the San Francisco Art Association," 25 April- 31 May 1931, no. 275.
LOS ANGELES MUSEUM, Exposition Park. "Paintings by S. Macdonald-Wright and Morgan Russell," February 1932, no. 21.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Selections from the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest," 7 August-16 November 1986, unpublished checklist, no. 56.
NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF ART, Raleigh. "Stanton Macdonald-Wright," 4 March-3 June 2001. TOUR: LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART, 5 August-29 October 2001; MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Houston, 2 December-24 February 2002.
SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, New York. "The Third Mind: American Artists Contemplate Asia, 1860-1989," 30 January-19 April 2009.
Published References
UNSIGNED. February Exhibits (Los Angeles: The Los Angeles Museum, 1932), no. 21.
SCOTT, CYRIL K. "Macdonald-Wright Still Life Presented to City Art Museum," (Denver: Rocky Mountain News), 4 April 1934, ill.
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School
Synchromism
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, The Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest, 1981
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
86.3111
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
34 1/8 x 27 1/8 in. (86.5 x 68.9 cm)
