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date: label: Date
content: 1907
name: label: Artist
content: Manierre Dawson, American, b. Chicago, Illinois, 1887–1969
notes: label: Provenance
content: Estate of the artist, to 24 May 1978
label: Provenance
content: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. John Gedo, Wilmette, Illinois, 24 May 1978
label: Exhibition History
content: MONTROSS GALLERY, New York. Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings, 2-23 February, 1914, no. 4, ill.
label: Exhibition History
content: DETROIT MUSEUM OF ART, (Detroit Institute of Art). Exhibition of Modern Art, 1-14 March, 1914, no. 6.
label: Exhibition History
content: CINCINNATI MUSEUM. Special Exhibition: Modern Departures in Painting; "Cubism" "Futurism" etc., 19 March-5 April 1914, no. 6.
label: Exhibition History
content: PEABODY INSTITUTE, Baltimore. Special Exhibition: Modern Departures in Painting; "Cubism" "Futurism" etc., 15 April-15 May 1914, no. 4.
label: Exhibition History
content: MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Chicago. Manierre Dawson (1887-1969) A Retrospective Exhibition of Painting, 13 November 1976-2 January 1977. TOUR: UNIVERSITY OF INDIANA ART MUSEUM, Bloomington, 18 January-20 February 1977; UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND ART GALLERY, College Park, 29 March-1 May 1977.
label: Exhibition History
content: HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Images of Children, 17 August-4 November 1979, no cat.
label: Exhibition History
content: HOLLIS TAGGART GALLERIES, New York. Manierre Dawson, American Pioneer of Abstract Art, 1-30 October 1999, no. 6.
label: Published References
content: DAWSON, MANIERRE. Journal (26 December 1908, 6 December 1913), pp. 1, 41, in Manierre Dawson Papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Microfilm no. 64, frames 923, 963.
label: Published References
content: KELSEY, W.W. "You'll Swear You've Got 'Em If You See Futurists' Display," The Detroit Times (2 March 1914), p. 5.
label: Published References
content: ZILCZER, JUDITH K. "The World's New Art Center: Modern Art Exhibitions in New York City, 1913-1918," Archives of American Art Journal 14, no. 1 (1974), fig. 3.
label: Published References
content: GEDO, MARY M. "Manierre Dawson: The Prophet in His Own Country," American Art Review, December 1979, ill. p. 70.
label: Published References
content: ZILCZER, JUDITH. "Arthur B. Davies: The Artist as Patron," American Art Journal 19, no. 3 (1987), p. 60, fig. 6.
label: Published References
content: A Child's World, The Smithsonian Engagement Calendar for 1980 (Universe, 1979).
label: Published References
content: PLOOG, RANDY J., MYRA BAIRSTOW, and ANI BOYAJIAN. Manierre Dawson (1887-1969): A Catalogue Raisonné (Jacksonville, Florida: The Three Graces, in association with Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York, 2011), no. 1907.05, colorpl. p. 52; ill. p. 129.
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content: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection
label: School
content: Early American Modernism
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. John Gedo, 1978
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 78.63
objectType: label: Type
content: Painting
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Oil on canvas
label: Dimensions
content: 20 1/8 x 28 1/8 in. (51 x 71.3 cm)