Sketch for the Crucifixion

Artist Rico Lebrun American, born Italy, 1900–1964

Date20th century

MediumInk and wash on Bristol board

Dimensionsoverall: 11 × 23 in. (27.9 × 58.4 cm)
frame: 29 1/4 × 37 1/4 × 1 3/8 in. (74.3 × 94.6 × 3.5 cm)

ClassificationsDrawings

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. James B. Byrnes

Object numberG.57.37.1

On View

Not on view

ProvenanceCreated United States, 20th century; collection of the artist. Mr. and Mrs. James B. Byrnes; given to NCMA, 1957.
Published ReferencesRico Lebrun: Paintings and Drawings of the Crucifixion (exhibition catalogue) (Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum, 1950), cat. no. 25.

James B. Byrnes, "Some Recent Accessions of Twentieth Century Painting," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 1, nos. 4 and 5 (Winter 1957/Spring 1958), 47, illus. (b-w).

"Loans from NCMA," North Carolina Museum of Art Calendar of Art Events 2, no. 2 (November 1967), 5, illus. (b-w).

Henry J. Seldis, et al, Rico Lebrun (exhibition catalogue) (Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1967), cat. no. 97.

A Catalogue of Drawings and Watercolors (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1969), cat. no. 65, illus. (b-w).

Christian Action (July 1969), 31, illus.
Exhibition HistoryLos Angeles, CA, Los Angeles County Museum, "Rico Lebrun: Paintings and Drawings of the Crucifixion," December 1-28, 1950, cat. no. 25.

Santa Barbara, CA, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1951.

San Francisco, CA, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, 1951. (from old file sheets, no further information)

Greenville, NC, Greenville Art Center, January 1959; Gainesville, FL, University of Florida, March, 1959, "Picture of the Month."

Chapel Hill, NC, The Wesely Foundation, Opening Exhibition, September 18-November 14, 1965.

Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, "Rico Lebrun," December 5, 1967-January 14, 1968; Mexico, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, February 15-March 15, 1968; Tucson, University of Arizona, April 15-May 16, 1968; Berkeley, University of California, June 16-July 29, 1968; Seattle, Seattle Art Museum August 29-October 6, 1968; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Art Center, November2-December 15, 1968; Washington, D.C., National Collection of Fine Arts, February 15-March 15, 1969, cat. no. 97.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Drawings and Watercolors," Summer 1969, cat. no. 1, illus. (b-w).

Winston-Salem, NC, Wake Forest University Library, Rare Book Room, January 10-31, 1973.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, Changing Selections Gallery, "Works by Rico Lebrun," August 12-November 31, 1986.
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