Dawn of Genesis

Artist Charles Green Shaw American, 1892–1974

Date1956

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions40 x 80 in. (101.6 x 203.2 cm)
Frame: 40 3/4 x 81 1/4 x 1 1/2 in. (103.5 x 206.4 x 3.8 cm)

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LineGift of Miss Georgette Passedoit

Object numberG.57.29.1

On View

Not on view

Published ReferencesJames B. Byrnes, "Some Recent Accessions of Twentieth Century Painting," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 1, nos. 4 and 5 (Winter 1957-Spring 1958), briefly discussed 49-50, illus. (b-w) 49, fig. 13.

American Paintings since 1900 from the Permanent Collection (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1967), cat. no. 68, illus. (b-w).
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "American Paintings since 1900 from the Permanent Collection," April 1–23, 1967, cat. no. 68, illus. (b-w).

Tallinn, Estonia, United States Embassy, ART in Embassies Program, May 2, 2007–February 11, 2009. Object Rights Statement

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