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My Mother
My Mother

My Mother

Artist Mabel Pugh American, 1891–1986
Date1924
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensionsoverall: 24 × 20 in. (61 × 50.8 cm)
frame: 30 7/8 × 27 × 3 in. (78.4 × 68.6 × 7.6 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of the artist
Object numberLC.78.12.2
On View
Not on view
ProvenanceCreated New York, 1924; collection of the artist; given to NCMA, 1978.Published References"State Collection Paintings Exhibited at Robeson County Public Library," North Carolina Museum of Art Preview (Winter 1993), 27.

Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina State Fair, 1925 (grand prize winner)

S. States Art League tour, 1931.

New York, NY, National Academy of Design, 1932.

New York, NY, National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors, new members, 1933.

New York, NY, Dixie Club, 1933.

New York, NY, Barbizon Hotel (solo exhibition), 1936.

New York, NY, New York World's Fair, Exhibit of Contemporary American Art, 1940.

Charlotte, NC, Mint Museum, 1941.

Raleigh, North Carolina State Art Society Galleries in State Library Building (solo exhibition), 1944.

Asheville, Asheville Art Museum, "Nineteenth and Twentieth Century American Paintings from the North Carolina Museum of Art," March 5-April 28, 1991.

Beaufort, NC, Carteret County Library, "Seven Paintings by 20th Century North Carolina Artists," October 1-31, 1991.

Lumberton, NC, Robeson County Public Library, "Art in North Carolina, 1912-1954," March 30-May 14, 1993.

Buies Creek, NC, Campbell University, Taylor Bott Rogers Fine Arts Center, "Art in North Carolina, 1912-1954," March 1-30, 1995.

Lexington, NC, Davidson Art Guild, "Art in North Carolina, 1912-1954, Paintings from the Permanent Collection," July 31-August 26, 1987.

Franklin, NC, Macon Savings Bank for The Arts Council of Macon County, "Outreach Exhibition," June 13-August 12, 1997.

Manteo, NC, Roanoke Island Festival Park Gallery, "The North Carolina Museum of Art presents selections from The Roberson Collection," June 3-28, 2002.
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