LOT DETAILS

Materials:

tempera on masonite

Measurements:

12.01 in. (30.50 cm.) (height) by 10.00 in. (25.40 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 'Atherton 1940' (lower right)

Exhibited:

New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture and Watercolors, Drawings, and Prints, January 15-February 19, 1941, no. 57. Buenos Aires, Argentina, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, and elsewhere, La Pintura Contemporánea Norteamericana, July 3-August 1, 1941. (Possibly) New York, Julien Levy Gallery, Paintings by John Atherton, March 1942, no. 2

Literature:

Whitney Museum of American Art, Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture and Watercolors, Drawings, and Prints, exhibition checklist, New York, 1941, no. 57. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, La Pintura Contemporánea Norteamericana, exhibition catalogue, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1941, p. 107, illustrated. . (Possibly) Julien Levy Gallery, Paintings by John Atherton, exhibition checklist, New York, 1942, no. 2

Provenance:

[With]Julien Levy Gallery, New York, . circa. 1941.. [With]The Downtown Gallery, New York, . circa . 1971.. [With]Terry Dintenfass, Inc., New York, . circa . 1976.. Private collection, Washington, D.C.. Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York, 2000.. Private collection, Michigan.. Acquired by the present owner from the above