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Figure & Form: The Diane and David Goldsmith Collection
ALICE NEEL (1900-1984)
Mother and Child (Nancy and Olivia)
Details
ALICE NEEL (1900-1984)
Mother and Child (Nancy and Olivia)
signed and dated 'Neel 67' (lower left)
oil on canvas
39 x 36 in. (99 x 91.4 cm.)
Painted in 1967
Mother and Child (Nancy and Olivia)
signed and dated 'Neel 67' (lower left)
oil on canvas
39 x 36 in. (99 x 91.4 cm.)
Painted in 1967
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Robert Miller Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1984
Robert Miller Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1984
Literature
P. Allara, Pictures of People: Alice Neel’s American Portrait Gallery, Hanover and London, 1998, p. 265, fig. 179, pl. 18 (illustrated).
P. Hills, Alice Neel, New York, 1995, p. 123 (illustrated).
J. Phillips, The Baby on the Fire Escape: Creativity, Motherhood, and the Mind-Baby Problem, New York, 2022, p. 52 (detail illustrated on the front cover).
P. Hills, Alice Neel, New York, 1995, p. 123 (illustrated).
J. Phillips, The Baby on the Fire Escape: Creativity, Motherhood, and the Mind-Baby Problem, New York, 2022, p. 52 (detail illustrated on the front cover).
Exhibited
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Alice Neel, February-March 1974, n.p., no. 37 (illustrated on the front cover; titled Mother and Child).
Summit Art Center, Paintings by Alice Neel, May-June 1974.
Athens, University of Georgia, Georgia Museum of Art, Alice Neel: The Woman and her Work, September-October 1975, n.p., no. 46 (illustrated).
Fair Lawn New Jersey Public Library, Alice Neel: Collector of Souls, November 1975-January 1976.
Glenside, Beaver College Art Gallery, Alice Neel, March-April 1976.
Syracuse, Everson Museum of Art, Paintings by three American Realists: Alice Neel, Sylvia Sleigh, May Stevens, September-October 1976, p. 17, no. 3 (titled Mother and Child).
Pennsylvania, Bethlehem, Lehigh University, Alumni Memorial Gallery, Alice Neel, October-November 1977.
Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art, Alice Neel, February 1978, n.p., no. 24 (detail illustrated on the front cover).
Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Alice Neel, September-November 1979, pp. 10 and 20, no. 22 (Illustrated; titled Mother & Child).
Upper Montclair, Montclair State University, Alice Neel, 1979.
Boston University Art Gallery, Alice Neel: Paintings of Two Decades, October-November 1980, p. 19, no. 21.
Stony Brook, State University of New York, Stony Brook Fine Arts Center, Alice Neel, January-March 1981.
Storrs, University of Connecticut, Jorgensen Gallery, Alice Neel, March-April 1981.
Moscow Artists’ Union, Alice Neel, 1981, July 1981.
Washington, D.C., National Academy of Sciences, Alice Neel, November 1981-January 1982.
Los Angeles, Loyola Marymount University Art Gallery, Alice Neel: Paintings 1933-1982, March-May 1983, pp. 24-25, no. 10 (illustrated; titled Nancy and Olivia).
New York, Robert Miller Gallery, Alice Neel, January-February 1984.
New York, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, Memorial Exhibition: Ivan Albright, Jimmy Ernst, Armin Landeck, Alice Neel, November-December 1985, n.p., no. 31 (illustrated).
Roslyn Harbor, Nassau County Museum of Fine Art, Alice Neel: Paintings and Drawings, March-May 1986, n.p. (illustrated).
New York, Robert Miller Gallery, Alice Neel and Diane Arbus: Children, April-May 1989.
Tacoma Art Museum, Kinships: Alice Neel Looks at the Family, March-June 1996, n.p.
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art; Andover, Addison Gallery of American Art; Philadelphia Museum of Art; Minneapolis, Walker Art Center and Denver Museum of Art, Alice Neel, June 2000-December 2001, pp. 132 and 183, pl. 52 (illustrated; titled Nancy and Olivia).
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; London, Whitechapel Gallery and Moderna Museet Malmö, Alice Neel: Painted Truths, March 2010-January 2011, pp. 215, 222-223 and 228, pl. 53 (illustrated).
Helsinki, Finnish National Gallery, Ateneum Art Museum; The Hague, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag; Fondation Vincent Van Gogh Arles and Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Alice Neel: Painter of Modern Life, June 2016-January 2018, pp. 50, 166-167 and 198, no. 46 (illustrated).
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art; Guggenheim Museum Bilbao and de Young Museum, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Alice Neel: People Come First, March 2021-July 2022, pp. 40, 77, 215 and 250 (illustrated; titled Nancy and Olivia).
University of Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, Real Families: Stories of Change, October 2023-January 2024 pp. 66-67, 70-71 and 104, no. 52 (illustrated and detail illustrated; titled Nancy and Olivia).
Summit Art Center, Paintings by Alice Neel, May-June 1974.
Athens, University of Georgia, Georgia Museum of Art, Alice Neel: The Woman and her Work, September-October 1975, n.p., no. 46 (illustrated).
Fair Lawn New Jersey Public Library, Alice Neel: Collector of Souls, November 1975-January 1976.
Glenside, Beaver College Art Gallery, Alice Neel, March-April 1976.
Syracuse, Everson Museum of Art, Paintings by three American Realists: Alice Neel, Sylvia Sleigh, May Stevens, September-October 1976, p. 17, no. 3 (titled Mother and Child).
Pennsylvania, Bethlehem, Lehigh University, Alumni Memorial Gallery, Alice Neel, October-November 1977.
Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art, Alice Neel, February 1978, n.p., no. 24 (detail illustrated on the front cover).
Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Alice Neel, September-November 1979, pp. 10 and 20, no. 22 (Illustrated; titled Mother & Child).
Upper Montclair, Montclair State University, Alice Neel, 1979.
Boston University Art Gallery, Alice Neel: Paintings of Two Decades, October-November 1980, p. 19, no. 21.
Stony Brook, State University of New York, Stony Brook Fine Arts Center, Alice Neel, January-March 1981.
Storrs, University of Connecticut, Jorgensen Gallery, Alice Neel, March-April 1981.
Moscow Artists’ Union, Alice Neel, 1981, July 1981.
Washington, D.C., National Academy of Sciences, Alice Neel, November 1981-January 1982.
Los Angeles, Loyola Marymount University Art Gallery, Alice Neel: Paintings 1933-1982, March-May 1983, pp. 24-25, no. 10 (illustrated; titled Nancy and Olivia).
New York, Robert Miller Gallery, Alice Neel, January-February 1984.
New York, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, Memorial Exhibition: Ivan Albright, Jimmy Ernst, Armin Landeck, Alice Neel, November-December 1985, n.p., no. 31 (illustrated).
Roslyn Harbor, Nassau County Museum of Fine Art, Alice Neel: Paintings and Drawings, March-May 1986, n.p. (illustrated).
New York, Robert Miller Gallery, Alice Neel and Diane Arbus: Children, April-May 1989.
Tacoma Art Museum, Kinships: Alice Neel Looks at the Family, March-June 1996, n.p.
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art; Andover, Addison Gallery of American Art; Philadelphia Museum of Art; Minneapolis, Walker Art Center and Denver Museum of Art, Alice Neel, June 2000-December 2001, pp. 132 and 183, pl. 52 (illustrated; titled Nancy and Olivia).
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; London, Whitechapel Gallery and Moderna Museet Malmö, Alice Neel: Painted Truths, March 2010-January 2011, pp. 215, 222-223 and 228, pl. 53 (illustrated).
Helsinki, Finnish National Gallery, Ateneum Art Museum; The Hague, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag; Fondation Vincent Van Gogh Arles and Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Alice Neel: Painter of Modern Life, June 2016-January 2018, pp. 50, 166-167 and 198, no. 46 (illustrated).
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art; Guggenheim Museum Bilbao and de Young Museum, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Alice Neel: People Come First, March 2021-July 2022, pp. 40, 77, 215 and 250 (illustrated; titled Nancy and Olivia).
University of Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, Real Families: Stories of Change, October 2023-January 2024 pp. 66-67, 70-71 and 104, no. 52 (illustrated and detail illustrated; titled Nancy and Olivia).
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