Prince of Aquitaine

Artist Ynez Johnston American, 1920–2019

Date1959

MediumChalk and ink on paper

Dimensionsoverall: 10 3/4 × 15 in. (27.3 × 38.1 cm)
frame: 30 1/4 × 26 3/8 × 3/4 in. (76.8 × 67 × 1.9 cm)

ClassificationsDrawings

Credit LineGift of Ynez Johnston Berry in memory of W.R. Valentiner

Object numberG.59.12.1

On View

Not on view

ProvenanceCreated Los Angeles, 1959; collection of the artist; given to NCMA, 1959.Published References"Gifts Presented to the North Carolina Museum of Art in Memory of W. R. Valentiner," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 3 (1959), listed and illus. (b-w) 47.

Masterpieces of Art: In Memory of William R. Valentiner, 1880-1958 (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1959), cat. no. 197.

American Paintings since 1900 from the Permanent Collection (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1967), cat. no. 30, illus. (b-w).

A Catalogue of Drawings and Watercolors (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1969), cat. no. 49, illus. (b-w).
Exhibition HistoryBeverly Hills, CA, Paul Kantor Gallery, "Ynez Johnston," November 3-29, 1958, cat.

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. 197.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Drawings and Watercolors," Summer 1969, cat. no. 49, illus. (b-w).

High Point, NC, High Point Arts Council, special exhibition, September 1-30, 1977.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, Changing Selections Gallery, "Elements of Surrealism in Modern Art," February 28-May 28, 1989.

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