American Tragedy: Revenge
date: label: Date
content: (c.1901) (cat. says c. 1890)
name: label: Artist
content: Louis Eilshemius, American, b. Arlington, New Jersey, 1864–1941
notes: label: Provenance
content: The artist, New York
label: Provenance
content: Kleeman Galleries, New York, by 1943 (possibly 1937)-12 February 1958
label: Provenance
content: Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 12 February 1958-17 May 1966
label: Provenance
content: Gift of Joseph H. HIrshhorn, 1966
label: Exhibition History
content: KLEEMAN GALLERIES, New York. All of Elshemius, October 1937, no. 11.
label: Exhibition History
content: HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Louis M. Eilshemius: Selections from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden," 9 November 1978-1 January 1979, no. 11, ill. p. 47. Tour: HERBERT F. JOHNSON MUSEUM OF ART, Ithaca, New York, 3 February-18 March; LEIGH YAWKEY WOODSON ART MUSEUM, Wausau, Wisconsin, 14 April-27 May; JOSLYN ART MUSEUM, Omaha, 23 June-19 August; SPRINGFIELD MUSEUM OF FINE ART, Massachusetts, 29 September-11 November; FREDERICK S. WIGHT GALLERY, University of California, Los Angeles, 8 December-13 January 1979; DE YOUNG MUSEUM, San Francisco, 1 February-1 April.
label: Exhibition History
content: HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Bridging the Century: Images of Bridges from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection," 11 March-12 May 1987, unpublished checklist, no. 13.
label: Exhibition History
content: NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN, New York. "Louis M. Eilshemius (1864-1911): An Independent Spirit," 19 September-11 November 2001.
label: Published References
content: KARLSTROM, PAUL J. Louis Michael Eilshemius (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1978): colorplate 121.
label: Published References
content: RICHARD, PAUL. "Beckoning Bridges," Washington Post (15 March 1987): F5.
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content: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66.1711
objectType: label: Type
content: Painting
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Oil on canvas
label: Dimensions
content: 20 1/8 X 30 1/8 IN. (50.1 X 76.3 CM.)