Lot Essay
This painting was executed in 1944.
PROPERTY OF THE SCHOOL OF AMERICAN BALLET*
Jared French (1905-1987)
Woman and Boys (Four Figures)
Details
Jared French (1905-1987)
Woman and Boys (Four Figures)
signed 'Jared French' lower left
egg tempera on canvas mounted on board
33 x 32 1/8in. (83.8 x 81.6cm.)
Woman and Boys (Four Figures)
signed 'Jared French' lower left
egg tempera on canvas mounted on board
33 x 32 1/8in. (83.8 x 81.6cm.)
Provenance
Estate of Lincoln Kirstein, New York
Literature
J.W. Lane, "New Method and New Quality in the 1940 Whitney Annual," Art News, vol. XXXIX, no. 9, November 1930, p. 9, illus.
N. Grimes, Jared French's Myths, San Francisco, California, 1993, no. 5, illus.
N. Grimes, Jared French's Myths, San Francisco, California, 1993, no. 5, illus.
Exhibited
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, 1940-1941, no. 60
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Carnegie Institute, Painting in the United States, 1946, October-December 1946, no. 26
New York, The New York Cultural Center, N.Y. Anonymous
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris, Cadmus, French and Tooker: The Early Years, February-May 1990
New York, Midtown Payson Galleries, The Rediscovery of Jared French, April-June 1992
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Carnegie Institute, Painting in the United States, 1946, October-December 1946, no. 26
New York, The New York Cultural Center, N.Y. Anonymous
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris, Cadmus, French and Tooker: The Early Years, February-May 1990
New York, Midtown Payson Galleries, The Rediscovery of Jared French, April-June 1992