Lot Essay
Painted in 1944
Details
Sold by Order of the Trustees of the HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN to Benefit its Acquisitions Program
ROBERT GWATHMEY (1903-1988)
Parade
signed Gwathmey, l.r.--oil on canvas
24 1/8 x 20 1/8 in. (61.3 x 51 cm.)
ROBERT GWATHMEY (1903-1988)
Parade
signed Gwathmey, l.r.--oil on canvas
24 1/8 x 20 1/8 in. (61.3 x 51 cm.)
Provenance
ACA Gallery, New York
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 1944-1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 1944-1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Literature
American Contemporary Art, vol. 2, Oct. 1945, p. 2, illus.
C. K. Piehl, "Robert Gwathmey: The Social and Historical Context of a Southerner's Art in the Mid Twentieth Century", Arts in Virginia, 1989, vol. 29, no. 1, pp.10-11, fig. 10, illus.
C. K. Piehl, "Robert Gwathmey: The Social and Historical Context of a Southerner's Art in the Mid Twentieth Century", Arts in Virginia, 1989, vol. 29, no. 1, pp.10-11, fig. 10, illus.
Exhibited
Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, Painting in the United States, Oct.-Dec. 1944, no. 58