Lot Essay
The present work is a study for the artist's Blue Golden (1932, oil, 22½ by 29½ inches, Collection of the University of Maine at Machias).
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Blue Golden, Bloomfield Barns
Details
Oscar Bluemner (1867-1938)
Blue Golden, Bloomfield Barns
gouache on paper
5¼ x 7 in. (13.3 x 17.8 cm.)
Executed in 1932.
Blue Golden, Bloomfield Barns
gouache on paper
5¼ x 7 in. (13.3 x 17.8 cm.)
Executed in 1932.
Provenance
Estate of the artist.
Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Lobell.
Barbara Mathes Gallery, Inc., New York.
Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Lobell.
Barbara Mathes Gallery, Inc., New York.
Literature
Andrew Crispo Gallery, Pioneers of American Abstraction, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1973, no. 11, illustrated.
The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Oscar Bluemner: Landscapes of Sorrow and Joy, exhibition catalogue, Washington, D.C., 1988, p. 69, pl. 101, illustrated.
The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Oscar Bluemner: Landscapes of Sorrow and Joy, exhibition catalogue, Washington, D.C., 1988, p. 69, pl. 101, illustrated.
Exhibited
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, n.d.
New York, Andrew Crispo Gallery, Pioneers of American Abstraction, October-November, 1973.
Washington, D.C., The Corcoran Gallery of Art and elsewhere, Oscar Bluemner: Landscapes of Sorrow and Joy, December 10, 1988-September 4, 1989 (as Study for Blue Golden).
New York, Barbara Mathes Gallery, Oscar Bluemner: American Modernist, April 12-June 6, 1997.
New York, Andrew Crispo Gallery, Pioneers of American Abstraction, October-November, 1973.
Washington, D.C., The Corcoran Gallery of Art and elsewhere, Oscar Bluemner: Landscapes of Sorrow and Joy, December 10, 1988-September 4, 1989 (as Study for Blue Golden).
New York, Barbara Mathes Gallery, Oscar Bluemner: American Modernist, April 12-June 6, 1997.