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White Bridge
White Bridge

White Bridge

Artist Howard Thomas American, 1899–1971
Date1954–1968
MediumGouache on canvas
Dimensions22 x 32 in. (55.9 x 81.3 cm)
Frame: 32 3/8 x 42 1/2 x 1 3/4 in. (82.2 x 108 x 4.4 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the North Carolina State Art Society (Robert F. Phifer Bequest)
Object numberG.71.50.1
On View
Not on view
ProvenanceCreated Georgia and/or North Carolina, 1954–1968; collection of the artist; sold to NCMA, 1971.
Published ReferencesRaleigh, NC: News and Observer (April 26, 1970).

Thirty-Fourth Annual North Carolina Artists Exhibition (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1971), cat. no. 143, illus. (b-w).

Howard Thomas: The Later Paintings, 1958 to 1971 (exhibition catalogue) (University of Iowa Museum of Art, 1972), cat. no. 33, illus. (b-w).

34th Annual North Carolina Artist Exhibition (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1972), cat. no. 143, illus. (b-w) 29.

"Acquisitions," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 12, nos. 1 and 2 (December 1973), listed 46, illus. (b-w) 47.

"34th Annual Award Winners," North Carolina Museum of Art Calendar of Art Events 15, no. 4 (January 1972), 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. 52, illus. (b-w).
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Thirty-Fourth Annual North Carolina Artists Exhibition," December 1, 1971-January 23, 1972, cat. no. 143, illus. (b-w).

University of Iowa Museum of Art, "Howard Thomas: The Later Paintings, 1958-71," September 19-October 29, 1972; Milwaukee, University of Wisconsin, Fine Art Gallery, November 6-27, 1972; Raleigh, North Carolina Museum of Art, February 4-March 4, 1973; Athens, GA, University of Georgia Museum of Art, June 17-July 29, 1973, cat. no. 33, illus. (b-w).

Artrain Southeastern Tour: a program of the Michigan Council for the Arts, April 1-September 30, 1974.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "200 Years of the Visual Arts in North Carolina," September 12-October 31, 1976, cat. no. 52, illus. (b-w).

High Point, NC, High Point Arts Council, Special Exhibition, September 1-30, 1977.

Raleigh, NC, Burroughs Wellcome, "Opening Exhibition," April 1-16, 1981.
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