Lot Essay
This work has been requested by the Fort Wayne Museum of Art to be included in a forthcoming exhibition of the artist's work scheduled for 1998.
Property of
MR. AND MRS. GILBERT H. KINNEY
Alma Thomas (1891-1978)
Babbling Brook and Whistling Poplar Trees Symphony
Details
Alma Thomas (1891-1978)
Babbling Brook and Whistling Poplar Trees Symphony
signed and dated 'A Thomas 76' lower right--signed again, titled, inscribed and dated again 'Babbling Brook and Whispering Poplar Trees Symphony '76 Alma W. Thomas 1530 15th St NW Washington D.C.' on the reverse
acrylic on canvas
72 x 52in. (182.9 x 132.1cm.)
Babbling Brook and Whistling Poplar Trees Symphony
signed and dated 'A Thomas 76' lower right--signed again, titled, inscribed and dated again 'Babbling Brook and Whispering Poplar Trees Symphony '76 Alma W. Thomas 1530 15th St NW Washington D.C.' on the reverse
acrylic on canvas
72 x 52in. (182.9 x 132.1cm.)
Provenance
Sid Deutsch Gallery, New York.
Exhibited
Washington, D. C., Corcoran Gallery of Art, The 35th Biennial of Contemporary American Painting, Feb.-Apr. 1977.
Washington, D. C., National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, A Life in Art: Alma Thomas, 1891-1978, Dec. 1981-Feb. 1982, no. 24.
New York, Randy Rosen Arts Association; Cincinnati Art Museum; New Orleans Museum of Art; Denver Art Museum, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Making Their Mark, Women Artists Move into the Mainstream, 1970-1985, Feb.-Dec. 1989.
Washington, D. C., National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, A Life in Art: Alma Thomas, 1891-1978, Dec. 1981-Feb. 1982, no. 24.
New York, Randy Rosen Arts Association; Cincinnati Art Museum; New Orleans Museum of Art; Denver Art Museum, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Making Their Mark, Women Artists Move into the Mainstream, 1970-1985, Feb.-Dec. 1989.