Owling Table
Artist
James Arliss Bumgardner
American, 1935–2015
Date1959
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions60 x 57 1/2 in. (152.4 x 146.1 cm)
Frame: 60 1/2 x 58 x 1 3/8 in. (153.7 x 147.3 x 3.5 cm)
Frame: 60 1/2 x 58 x 1 3/8 in. (153.7 x 147.3 x 3.5 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the North Carolina State Art Society (Robert F. Phifer Bequest)
Object numberG.59.35.2
On View
Not on viewProvenanceCreated North Carolina, 1959; collection of the artist; sold to NCMA, 1959.
Published ReferencesTwenty-Second Annual North Carolina Artists's Exhibition (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1959), cat. no. 7, illus. (b-w); also, Award Winners Part Two (brochure), no. 10, illus. (b-w); Award Winners Part Three (brochure), no. 14.
Arts (March 1960).
Acquisitions from North Carolina Annuals, 1946-1966 (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1967), cat. no. 9, illus. (b-w).
200 Years of the Visual Arts in North Carolina (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1976), cat. no. 9, illus. (b-w).
Poetic Mystery: Works by James Bumgardner (exhibition catalogue) (Farmville, VA: Longwood Center for the Visual Arts, 2018), illus. (color).
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Twenty-Second Annual North Carolina Artists' Exhibition," December 3, 1959-January 3, 1960, cat. no. 7, illus. (b-w); "Award Winners Part Two," April 17-May 15, 1960, cat. no. 10, illus. (b-w); "Award Winners Part Three," May 22-June 12, 1960, cat. no. 14.
New York, NY, Fleischman Gallery, One-man show, March 1960.
Fayetteville, NC, Cumberland County Library, May 1962.
Wilmington, NC, St. John's Art Gallery, July-August, 1962.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Acquisitions from North Carolina Annuals,1946-1966," March 12-26, 1967, cat. no. 9, illus. (b-w).
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, The North Carolina Gallery, "An Introductory Exhibition," October 5-November 26, 1972.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, 200 Years of the Visual Arts in North Carolina," September 12-October 24, 1976, cat. no. 9, illus. (b-w).
Virginia Beach, VA, Virginia Beach Art Center, February 8-March 8, 1977[?].
Davidson, NC, Davidson College, "James Bumgardner: Selections from the Owling Table Series," November 7-December 20, 1995.
Farmville, VA, Longwood Center for the Visual Arts, “Poetic Mystery: Works by James Bumgardner,” April 14–May 16, 2018, illus. (color).
Tallinn, Estonia, United States Embassy, ART in Embassies Program, May 2, 2007–February 11, 2009.
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