Lot Essay
Executed in 1957.
Sold by order of the Trustees of the HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN to benefit its Acquisitions Program*
LEE GATCH (1909-1968)
Details
LEE GATCH (1909-1968)
Hemlock
signed Gatch, l.r.--oil on canvas
17 1/8 x 23 1/8in. (43.3 x 58.6cm.)
Hemlock
signed Gatch, l.r.--oil on canvas
17 1/8 x 23 1/8in. (43.3 x 58.6cm.)
Provenance
World House Galleries, New York
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Exhibited
New York, World House Galleries, Lee Gatch: Recent Paintings, May-June 1958, no. 25
New York, American Federation of the Arts, Lee Gatch, 1960-1961, no. 34 (this exhibition later travelled to New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Feb.-Mar. 1960; Scranton, Pennsylvania, Everhart Museum, Mar.-April 1960; Athen, Ohio, Ohio University, School of Painting, May 1960; Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, June 1960; New Bedford, Massachusetts, Swain School of Art, Crapo Gallery, July 1960; Oxford, Ohio, Western College for Women, Sept.-Oct. 1960; Baltimore, Baltimore Museum of Art, 0ct.-Nov. 1960; Amherst, Massachusetts, Universiyt of Massachusetts, Nov.-Dec 1960; Philadelphia, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Jan 1961; Washington, D.C., Phillips Collection, Feb. 1961)
New York, American Federation of the Arts, Lee Gatch, 1960-1961, no. 34 (this exhibition later travelled to New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Feb.-Mar. 1960; Scranton, Pennsylvania, Everhart Museum, Mar.-April 1960; Athen, Ohio, Ohio University, School of Painting, May 1960; Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, June 1960; New Bedford, Massachusetts, Swain School of Art, Crapo Gallery, July 1960; Oxford, Ohio, Western College for Women, Sept.-Oct. 1960; Baltimore, Baltimore Museum of Art, 0ct.-Nov. 1960; Amherst, Massachusetts, Universiyt of Massachusetts, Nov.-Dec 1960; Philadelphia, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Jan 1961; Washington, D.C., Phillips Collection, Feb. 1961)