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The Carpenter
The Carpenter

The Carpenter

Artist Kenneth Evett American, 1913–2005
Date1940s
MediumOil on Masonite panel
Dimensions29 1/2 x 17 3/4 in. (74.9 x 45.1 cm)
Frame: 37 x 25 1/4 x 2 in. (94 x 64.1 x 5.1 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the North Carolina State Art Society (Robert F. Phifer Bequest)
Object numberG.46.1.1
On View
Not on view
ProvenanceCreated North Carolina, 1940s; collection of the artist; sold to NCMA, 1946. Published ReferencesNorth Carolina Artists' Tenth Annual Exhibition (brochure) (Raleigh: North Carolina State Art Society, 1946), no. 12.

"Twenty-Second North Carolina Artists' Exhibition," North Carolina Museum of Art Calendar of Art Events 3, no. 1 (October 1959), illus. (b-w) unnumbered page.

Acquisitions from North Carolina Annuals, 1946-1966 (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1967), cat. no. 15, illus. (b-w) 35 and cover.

"Acquisitions from Annuals: March 12-26," North Carolina Museum of Art Calendar of Art Events 10, no. 6 (March 1967), mentioned and illus. (b-w), unnumbered page.

200 Years of the Visual Arts in North Carolina (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1976), cat. no. 16, illus. (b-w).
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, State Art Gallery, State Library Building, "North Carolina Artists' Tenth Annual Exhibition, December 4, 1946-January 18, 1947, no. 12.

New York, NY, Kraushaar Galleries, 1948, cat. no. 20.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Acquisitions from North Carolina Annuals, 1946-1966," March 12-26, 1967, cat. no. 16, illus. (b-w), 35 and cover.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "200 Years of the Visual Arts in North Carolina," September 12-October 24, 1976, cat. no. 16, illus. (b-w).

Manteo, NC, Roanoke Island Festival Park Gallery, "The North Carolina Museum of Art presents selections from The Roberson Collection," June 3-28, 2002.
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