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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1972.25.A
People
James Brooks, American (St. Louis, MO 1906 - 1992 Brookhaven, NY)
Title
Left panel of Triptych
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
1952
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/211923

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on canvas mounted on pressboard
Dimensions
226.39 x 101.93 cm (89 1/8 x 40 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • gallery label: verso, paper: Daniel Goldreyer Gallery, New York; Portland Museum of Art, 1983; Kootz Gallery.
  • gallery label: verso, paper, English
  • gallery label: verso, paper, English

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
James Brooks, Painted, 1952, Sold via his gallery to Mr. & Mrs. Wasserman, 1966.
Mr. & Mrs. Max Wasserman, Purchased from the artist or his gallery, 1966, Gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1972.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Max Wasserman
Accession Year
1972
Object Number
1972.25.A
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Sam Hunter, James Brooks, exh. cat., Whitney Museum of American Art (New York, NY, 1963), reproduced in b/w, no. 11
  • James Brooks: Paintings and Works on Paper 1946-1982, exh. cat., Portland Museum of Art (Portland, ME, 1983), reproduced in b/w p. 32, no. 12

Exhibition History

  • Unidentified Exhibition, Peridot Gallery, 1952, Peridot Gallery, New York, 01/01/1952 - 12/31/1952
  • James Brooks, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 02/12/1963 - 03/17/1963; Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, 04/01/1963 - 04/28/1963; Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, 05/26/1963 - 06/16/1963; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 09/01/1963 - 10/13/1963; Washington Gallery of Modern Art, 11/01/1963 - 12/08/1963; University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, 01/05/1964 - 02/09/1964
  • James Brooks: Paintings and Works on Paper 1946-1982, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, 05/14/1983 - 09/04/1983

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