Queen Elizabeth II

Artist Joseph Wallace King American, 1912–1996

Date1971

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions72 x 66 in. (182.9 x 167.6 cm)
Frame: 89 x 83 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (226.1 x 212.1 x 24.1 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineGift to the State of North Carolina from the Burroughs-Wellcome Foundation

Object numberG.72.10.1

On View

Not on view

ProvenanceCreated 1971; collection of the artist; Burrough-Wellcome Foundation; given to NCMA, 1972.
Published ReferencesFrank Whitford, "The Fastest Brush in the East," Art Gallery (April, 1972), 89-90, illus.

Il Messaggero, Rome (February 18, 1972), illus.

Daily American, Rome (February 18, 1972), illus.

Couriere Della Sera, Milan (February 17, 1972), illus.

North Carolina Museum of Art Calendar of Art Events 15, nos. 7 and 8 (April-May, 1972), 3.

Daily Mirror (January 25, 1972), illus.

Daily Mirror (February 5, 1972).

The Guardian (January 15, 1972), illus.

The Daily Telegraph (January 25, 1972), illus.

Evening Standard (January 26, 1972), cartoon.

The Times, London, England (January 25, 1972).

The Sun, London, England (January 25, 1972).

"Outgoing Loans to Temporary Exhibitions," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 13, no. 3 (1976), listed 60.

Winston-Salem Journal (November 12, 1989), G1 and G2.

Asheville Times (March 28, 1973), illus. 1, sec. 2.

The Asheville Citizen (March 29, 1973), 6.

New Bern, Sun Journal (October 26, 1995), illus. C5.
Exhibition HistoryLondon, England, Mall Galleries, January 24, 1972 (unveiling).

Residence of American Ambassador to Italy, Hon. Graham Martin (NC), February 14, 1972, unveiling and private showing.

Rome, Italy, British Council, February 18-March 10, 1972.

Raleigh, NC, Governor's Mansion, April 6, 1972 (unveiling).

New York, NY, Hammer Galleries, 'Vinciata (Joseph Wallace King), Recent Paintings," October 17-28, 1972.

Winston-Salem, NC, NCNB, "Graylyn Estates Benefit for Mac Wood School," October, 1973.

Asheville, NC, Asheville Arts Festival, March 28-April 15.

Southern Pines, NC, Moore County Historical Association, March 30-April 6, 1974.

New Bern, NC, American Bicentennial Commission, July-August, 1975.

Asheboro, NC, Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, October 11-14, 1977.

New Bern, NC, First Citizens Bank, October 25-November 1, 1995.

Mount Airy, NC, Gilmer-Smith Foundation, "400th Anniversary of the Landing in Jamestown in 1607," December 1-31, 2007. Object Rights Statement

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