Incubus
Artist
Adolph Gottlieb
American, 1903–1974
Date1947
MediumGouache on paper
Dimensions24 x 18 in. (61 x 45.7 cm)
Frame: 33 3/4 x 25 7/8 x 1 1/4 in. (85.7 x 65.7 x 3.2 cm)
Frame: 33 3/4 x 25 7/8 x 1 1/4 in. (85.7 x 65.7 x 3.2 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineBequest of W. R. Valentiner
Object numberG.65.10.21
On View
Not on view"Adolph Gottlieb” (exhibition review), in MKR’s Art Outlook (January 20, 1947), mentioned (caption beneath image of unknown painting in article incorrectly identifies it as Incubus).
Masterpieces of Art: In Memory of William R. Valentiner, 1880-1958 (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1959), cat. no. 190, illus. (b-w) 242, fig. 190.
The Art Quarterly 26, no. 2 (Summer 1963), 275, illus. 259.
"Acquisitions," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 6, no. 4 and 7, no. 1 (1966/67?), noted 10, listed 79, illus. (b-w) 69, fig. 35.
American Paintings since 1900 from the Permanent Collection (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1967), cat. no. 22, illus. (b-w).
Robert Doty and Diane Waldman, Adolph Gottlieb (exhibition catalogue) (New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1968), cat. no. 58.
North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 17 (1997), listed and illus. (b-w) 92.
North Carolina Museum of Art Annual Report (1997-98), detail illus. (b-w) 20-21.
Huston Paschal, "Xu Bing: Reading Landscape," North Carolina Museum of Art Preview and Calendar of Events (May/June 2001), 7, illus. (b-w) 7.
Max Halperen, "Outside In" (exhibition review), Raleigh: The News and Observer (April 27, 2001): What's Up insert, 35.
Exhibition HistoryNew York, NY, Kootz Gallery, January 6–25, 1947, no. 5.
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. 190, illus. (b-w).
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "American Paintings Since 1900 from the Permanent Collection," April 1-23, 1967, cat. no. 22, illus. (b-w).
New York, Guggenheim Museum, "Adolph Gottlieb," February 14-April 7, 1968; Washington, DC, Corcoran Gallery of Art, April 26-June 2, 1968; Waltham, MA, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, September 9-October 20, 1968, cat. no. 58.
Winston-Salem, NC, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, "Opening Exhibition," February 2-March 2, 1977.
High Point, NC, High Point Arts Council, "Special Exhibition," September 1-30, 1977; Winston-Salem, Reynolda House, December 7, 1979-January 31, 1980.
Newport Beach, CA, Newport Harbor Art Museum, "The Interpretive Link: Abstract Impressionism into Abstract Expressionism, Works on Paper 1938-1948," July 11-August 14, 1986; New York, The Whitney Museum of American Art, October 13-December 21, 1986; Minneapolis, MN, Walker Art Center, February 21-May 3, 1987.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, Changing Selections Gallery, "Elements of Surrealism in Modern Art," February 28-May 28, 1989.
Raleigh, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The Legacy of W. R. Valentiner," January 27-March 29, 1998.
Raleigh, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Xu Bing: Reading Landscape," April 29-August 6, 2001.
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