God made Adam out of mud (and he stays so)

Artist Rico Lebrun American, born Italy, 1900–1964

Date1927–1932

MediumInk, wash on scored paper

Dimensionsoverall: 16 3/4 × 11 1/2 in. (42.5 × 29.2 cm)
frame: 29 1/4 × 23 1/4 × 1 5/8 in. (74.3 × 59.1 × 4.1 cm)

ClassificationsDrawings

Credit LineGift of Walter Thrift

Object numberG.67.14.1

On View

Not on view

ProvenanceCreated New York or Italy, 1927–1932; collection of the artist. Walter Thrift (1922–1969); given to NCMA, 1967.
Published ReferencesN.K. [Nina Kasanof], "Artist Lends Lebrun Drawing," North Carolina Museum of Art Calendar of Art Events 10, no. 6 (March 1967), 4, illus. (b-w).

"Loans from NCMA," North Carolina Museum of Art Calendar of Art Events 11, 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. 62.

"Acquisitions," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 7, nos. 2 and 3 (1967/68?), listed 68, illus. (b-w) 57, fig. 27.

A Catalogue of Drawings and Watercolors (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1969), cat. no. 64, illus. (b-w).

The Arts in the Churches and Synagogues of N.C.: A Renaissance, Jean McLaughlin, ed. (Raleigh: Division of Art, Department of Cultural Resources, 1976), illus. ii.

Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Loan of the Month," March, 1967.

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, AZ, University of Arizona, April 15-May 16, 1968; Berkeley, CA, University of California, June 16-July 29, 1968; Seattle, WA, Seattle Art Museum August 29-October 6, 1968; Oklahoma City, OK, Oklahoma Art Center, November2-December 15, 1968; Washington, DC, National Collection of Fine Arts, February 15-March 15, 1969, cat. no. 62.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Drawings and Watercolors," Summer 1969, cat. no. 64, 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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