The Sea

Artist Emerson Woelffer American, 1914–2003

Datecirca 1954

MediumOil and collage on canvas

Dimensions36 x 29 1/4 in. (91.4 x 74.3 cm)
Frame: 36 5/8 x 30 1/2 in. (93 x 77.5 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineGift of W. R. Valentiner

Object numberG.57.34.8

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ProvenanceCreated Colorado Springs, CO, 1954; collection of the artist; sold to W. R. Valentiner, Los Angeles, CA, 1954; given anonymously to NCMA, 1957.

Published ReferencesJ. B. Byrnes, "Some Recent Accessions of Twentieth Century Painting," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 1, nos. 4 and 5 (Winter 1957/Spring 1958), noted 44, illus. (b-w) fig. 7.

Masterpieces of Art: In Memory of William R. Valentiner, 1880-1958 (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1959), cat. no. 193, illus. (b-w) 244, fig. 193.

American Paintings since 1900 from the Permanent Collection (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1967), cat. no. 79, illus. (b-w).
Exhibition HistoryColorado Springs, CO, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, "Artists of Colorado Springs and Vicinity," November-December 1954, listed..

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Exhibition of a Private Raleigh Collector," 1956-59.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Masterpieces of Art: In Memory of William R. Valentiner, 1880-1958," April 6-May 17, 1959, cat. no. 193, illus. (b-w).

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "American Paintings since 1900 from the Permanent Collection," April 1-23, 1967, cat. no. 79, illus. (b-w).

Rocky Mount, NC, Rocky Mount Arts Center, "Black Mountain College Artists," January 15-February 28, 1978, no. 39.

Asheville, NC, Asheville Art Museum, "Black Mountain College Retrospective," March 14-May 14 1978.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," August 21, 2023-present.

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