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Jan III
Jan III

Jan III

Artist George Bireline American, 1923–2002
Date1966
MediumAcrylic emulsion on canvas
Dimensions52 x 72 in. (132.1 x 182.9 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the North Carolina State Art Society (Robert F. Phifer Bequest)
Object numberG.66.33.1
On View
Not on view
ProvenanceCreated Raleigh, NC, 1966, collection of the artist; sold to NCMA, 1966.Published ReferencesTwenty-Ninth Annual North Carolina Artists Exhibition (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1966), cat. no. 5.

"Acquisitions," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 7, nos. 2 and 3 (1967/68?), listed 65, illus. (b-w) 60, fig. 33.

Acquisitions from North Carolina Annuals, 1946-1966 (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1967), cat. no. 6, illus. (b-w).

"Art News International: Awards," Art News 66, no. 10 (February 1968), 8.

Original Bireline: A Retrospective of the Work of George Bireline (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1976), cat. no. 48, illus. (b-w).

200 Years of the Visual Arts in North Carolina (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1976), cat. no. 5, illus. (b-w).

Edgar Peters Bowron, ed., Introduction to the Collections (Chapel Hill: published for the North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, by The University of North Carolina Press, 1983), illus. (b-w) 292.

Carolyn M. Bloomer, Principles of Visual Perception, 2nd ed. (New York: Design Press, 1990), illus. (color) 99.
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Twenty-Ninth Annual North Carolina Artists Exhibition," November 6-27, 1966; Winston-Salem, Salem College Fine Arts Center, November 30-December 15, 1966; Asheville, Asheville Art Museum, January 6-29, 1967, cat. no. 5.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Acquisitions from North Carolina Annuals,1946-1966," March 12-26, 1967, cat. no. 6, illus. (b-w).

San Antonio, TX, Witte Memorial Museum, "Award Winning Artists: Southeast and Southwest," November 17-December 8, 1968.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The North Carolina Gallery: An Introductory Exhibition," October 5-November 26, 1972.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Original Bireline: A Retrospective of the Work of George Bireline," May 7-April 11, 1976, cat. no. 48, illus. (b-w).

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "200 Years of the Visual Arts in North Carolina, " September 12-October 24, 1976, cat. no. 5, illus. (b-w).

Fayetteville, NC, Fayetteville Museum of Art, May 1-30, 1978.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "In Memoriam: George Bireline (1923-2002)," December 18, 2002-August 3, 2003.
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