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Artist George Bireline American, 1923–2002
Date1964
MediumPolymer on canvas
Dimensions84 x 52 in. (213.4 x 132.1 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the North Carolina State Art Society (Robert F. Phifer Bequest)
Object numberG.64.28.1
On View
On view
ProvenanceCreated Raleigh, NC, 1964; collection of the artist; sold to NCMA, 1964.Published ReferencesTwenty-Seventh Annual North Carolina Artists' Exhibition (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1964), cat. no. 3, illus. (b-w).

"Acquisitions," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 6, no. 4 and 7, no. 1 (1966/67?), mentioned 5, listed 73, illus. (b-w) 72, fig. 40.

Acquisitions from North Carolina Annuals, 1946-1966 (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1967), cat. no. 5, illus. (b-w).

Original Bireline: A Retrospective of the Work of George Bireline (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1976), cat. no. 48, illus. (b-w).

Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Twenty-Seventh Annual North Carolina Artists' Exhibition," December 3, 1964-January 10, 1965; Asheville, City Auditorium, January 16-24, 1965, cat. no. 3, illus. (b-w).

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Acquisitions from North Carolina Annuals,1946-1966," March 12-26, 1967, cat. no. 5, illus. (b-w).

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Original Bireline: A Retrospective of the Work of George Bireline," May 7-April 11, 1976, cat. no. 43, illus. (b-w).

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "In Memoriam: George Bireline (1923-2002)," December 18, 2002-August 3, 2003.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present.
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