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A Triumph of Figuration: Selections from the Joel and Carole Bernstein Family Collection
JOHN WESLEY (1928-2022)
Woodrow Wilson Crossing the Delaware with Sea Scouts
Details
JOHN WESLEY (1928-2022)
Woodrow Wilson Crossing the Delaware with Sea Scouts
signed, titled and dated '"WOODROW WILSON CROSSING THE DELAWARE WITH SEA SCOUTS" John Wesley 1976' (on the reverse)
acrylic on canvas
42 x 50 1⁄8 in. (106.7 x 127.3 cm.)
Painted in 1976.
Woodrow Wilson Crossing the Delaware with Sea Scouts
signed, titled and dated '"WOODROW WILSON CROSSING THE DELAWARE WITH SEA SCOUTS" John Wesley 1976' (on the reverse)
acrylic on canvas
42 x 50 1⁄8 in. (106.7 x 127.3 cm.)
Painted in 1976.
Provenance
Robert Elkon Gallery, New York
Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles
Private collection, Los Angeles, 1992
Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2005
Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles
Private collection, Los Angeles, 1992
Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2005
Literature
S. Schwartz, "John Wesley at Robert Elkon," Art In America, vol. 65, no. 1, January/February 1977, p. 124 (illustrated).
S. Schwartz, The Art Presence, New York, 1982, pp. 108-110, fig. 21 (illustrated).
John Wesley: Paintings 1961-2000, exh. cat., Long Island City, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, 2000, pp. 148-149 and 177.
John Wesley, exh. cat., Milan, Fondazione Prada, 2009, pp. XXXIII and 217, no. 351, fig. 115 (illustrated).
S. Schwartz, The Art Presence, New York, 1982, pp. 108-110, fig. 21 (illustrated).
John Wesley: Paintings 1961-2000, exh. cat., Long Island City, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, 2000, pp. 148-149 and 177.
John Wesley, exh. cat., Milan, Fondazione Prada, 2009, pp. XXXIII and 217, no. 351, fig. 115 (illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, Robert Elkon Gallery, John Wesley: Patriotic Tableaux, November-December 1976.
Los Angeles, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, John Wesley: Survey of Paintings 1962-1992, October-November 1992.
Los Angeles, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, John Wesley: Survey of Paintings 1962-1992, October-November 1992.
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