PROPERTY SOLD TO BENEFIT THE VILCEK FOUNDATION
OSCAR FLORIANUS BLUEMNER (1867-1938)
Perth Amboy West (Tottenville)
Details
OSCAR FLORIANUS BLUEMNER (1867-1938)
Perth Amboy West (Tottenville)
signed with conjoined initials 'OBlümner' (lower left)
oil on canvas
20 ¹/₄ x 30 ¹/₄ in. (51.4 x 76.8 cm.)
Painted in 1911 and 1915-17.
Perth Amboy West (Tottenville)
signed with conjoined initials 'OBlümner' (lower left)
oil on canvas
20 ¹/₄ x 30 ¹/₄ in. (51.4 x 76.8 cm.)
Painted in 1911 and 1915-17.
Provenance
The artist.
Henry Heiman II.
Bernard Danenberg Galleries, New York.
Dr. Max Ellenberg, New York.
Mrs. Mary Ellenberg, Florida, wife of the above, by bequest from the above.
Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York.
Carolyn and Roger Horchow Collection, Texas, acquired from the above, 1994.
Menconi & Schoelkopf, New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2014.
Henry Heiman II.
Bernard Danenberg Galleries, New York.
Dr. Max Ellenberg, New York.
Mrs. Mary Ellenberg, Florida, wife of the above, by bequest from the above.
Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York.
Carolyn and Roger Horchow Collection, Texas, acquired from the above, 1994.
Menconi & Schoelkopf, New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2014.
Literature
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Oscar Bluemner Papers, Painting & Theory Diaries: Painting Diary, June 12, 1911-January 30, 1912, Box 1, Folder 31, Frames 11-18, 207.
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Oscar Bluemner Papers, Painting & Theory Diaries: Painting Diary, 1916-1918, Box 1, Folder 35, Frames 106-11.
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Oscar Bluemner Papers, Painting & Theory Diaries: Painting Diary, 1916-1918, Box 1, Folder 35, Frames 253-55.
Q.R., "American Painting," Christian Science Monitor, May 19, 1919, p. 14 (as River).
J.R. Hayes, "Oscar Bluemner: Life, Art and Theory," PhD dissertation, University of Maryland, 1982, pp. 231-36, figs. 57-61, illustrated (as Tottenville).
J.R. Hayes, Oscar Bluemner, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 1991, pp. 80-82, fig. 49, illustrated (as Tottenville).
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Oscar Bluemner Papers, Painting & Theory Diaries: Painting Diary, 1916-1918, Box 1, Folder 35, Frames 106-11.
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Oscar Bluemner Papers, Painting & Theory Diaries: Painting Diary, 1916-1918, Box 1, Folder 35, Frames 253-55.
Q.R., "American Painting," Christian Science Monitor, May 19, 1919, p. 14 (as River).
J.R. Hayes, "Oscar Bluemner: Life, Art and Theory," PhD dissertation, University of Maryland, 1982, pp. 231-36, figs. 57-61, illustrated (as Tottenville).
J.R. Hayes, Oscar Bluemner, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 1991, pp. 80-82, fig. 49, illustrated (as Tottenville).
Exhibition
Berlin, Germany, Galerie Fritz Gurlitt, O. Bluemner: New York, May 1912, cat. 8.
New York, Bourgeois Galleries, Exhibition of Modern Art, November 11-December 7, 1918, no. 9 (as Morning on Delaware River).
(Probably) Minneapolis, Minnesota, The University Gallery, University of Minnesota, Oscar Bluemner, March 1939, no. 36.
New York, New York Cultural Center, Oscar Bluemner: Paintings, Drawings, December 16, 1969-March 8, 1970, no. 17 (as Delaware River).
New York, Bernard Danenberg Galleries, Oscar Bluemner: Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings, February 8-26, 1972, no. 12, cover illustration (as The Delaware River).
(Probably) New York, Barbara Mathes Gallery, The Pioneering Decade, 1910-1920, November 16-December 31, 1992.
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Oscar Bluemner: A Passion for Color, October 7, 2005-February 12, 2006, pp. 66, 73, 226, fig. 60, illustrated (as Perth Amboy (Tottenville)).
Tulsa, Oklahoma, Philbrook Museum of Art, Oscar Bluemner: Forces of Nature and Industry, March 19-November 6, 2016.
Tulsa, Oklahoma, Philbrook Museum of Art, on extended loan, 2017.
Corpus Christi, Texas, The Art Museum of South Texas, Masterpieces of American Modernism from the Vilcek Collection of American Art, September 13, 2018-January 6, 2019.
New York, Bourgeois Galleries, Exhibition of Modern Art, November 11-December 7, 1918, no. 9 (as Morning on Delaware River).
(Probably) Minneapolis, Minnesota, The University Gallery, University of Minnesota, Oscar Bluemner, March 1939, no. 36.
New York, New York Cultural Center, Oscar Bluemner: Paintings, Drawings, December 16, 1969-March 8, 1970, no. 17 (as Delaware River).
New York, Bernard Danenberg Galleries, Oscar Bluemner: Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings, February 8-26, 1972, no. 12, cover illustration (as The Delaware River).
(Probably) New York, Barbara Mathes Gallery, The Pioneering Decade, 1910-1920, November 16-December 31, 1992.
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Oscar Bluemner: A Passion for Color, October 7, 2005-February 12, 2006, pp. 66, 73, 226, fig. 60, illustrated (as Perth Amboy (Tottenville)).
Tulsa, Oklahoma, Philbrook Museum of Art, Oscar Bluemner: Forces of Nature and Industry, March 19-November 6, 2016.
Tulsa, Oklahoma, Philbrook Museum of Art, on extended loan, 2017.
Corpus Christi, Texas, The Art Museum of South Texas, Masterpieces of American Modernism from the Vilcek Collection of American Art, September 13, 2018-January 6, 2019.
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