Horizon III
Artist
Henry Pearson
American, 1914–2006
Date1964
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions87 x 68 in. (221 x 172.7 cm)
Frame: 87 1/2 x 68 1/2 in. (222.3 x 174 cm)
Frame: 87 1/2 x 68 1/2 in. (222.3 x 174 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of the artist in memory of his father, A. Louis Pearson
Object numberG.68.7.1
On View
Not on viewProvenanceCreated New York, 1964; collection of the artist; given to NCMA, 1968.
Published References"Acquisitions," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 9, nos. 1 and 2 (December 1969), listed 56.
Henry Pearson (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1969), cat. no. 44, illus. (b-w).
200 Years of the Visual Arts in North Carolina (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art), cat. no. 43, illus. (b-w).
Huston Paschal, "New Acquisitions: Henry Pearson, Romantic Painter of Abstractions," Preview: The Magazine of the North Carolina Museum of Art (January/February 2002), 7, illus. (color).
Exhibition HistoryMartha Jackson Gallery, NC, "Vibrations Eleven."
Chicago, IL, Chicago Art Insititute.
Cincinnati, OH, Cincinnati Art Museum.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The North Carolina Gallery: An Introductory Exhibition," October 4-November 26, 1972.
Raleigh, NC, Branch Bank and Trust Co, August 1973.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "200 Years of the Visual Arts in North Carolina," September 12-October 31, 1976, cat. no. 43, illus. (b-w).
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, Mary Duke Biddle Gallery, "Of Space and Time: Motion in Art," September 1985-August 1986.
Greenville, NC, Wellington B. Gray Gallery, East Carolina University, "Native Son: The Work of Henry Pearson," February 6-25, 1998.
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