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Peaches #9
Peaches #9

Peaches #9

Artist Sarah Blakeslee American, 1912–2005
Date1950–1951
MediumOil on canvas, mounted on board
Dimensions10 x 18 in. (25.4 x 45.7 cm)
Frame: 18 1/4 x 21 1/4 in. (46.4 x 54 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of Friends of the Artist
Object numberG.73.10.1
On View
Not on view
Published References"Art in North Carolina, 1912-1956: Paintings from the Permanent Collection," North Carolina Museum of Art Preview (Winter 1986-87), illus. (b-w) 11.

Maurice C. York, The Privilege to Paint: The Lives of Francis Speight and Sarah Blakeslee (Greenville, NC: Greenville Museum of Art, 2002), mentioned 89, listed 135, illus. (color) 90.
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Art in North Carolina, 1912-1954, Paintings from the Permanent Collection," January 24-March 22, 1987; Lexington, NC, Davidson Art Guild, July 31-August 26, 1987.

Asheville, NC, Asheville Art Museum, "Nineteenth and Twentieth Century 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.

Greenville, NC, Greenville Museum of Art, "Sarah Blakeslee: A Retrospective," March 12-April 30, 1993, cat. no. 42.

Morganton,NC, City of Morganton Municipal Auditorium, "Art in North Carolina, 1912-1954," October 5-November 7, 1994.

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

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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