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Provincetown Memories No. 1
Provincetown Memories No. 1

Provincetown Memories No. 1

Artist Edith London American, born Germany, 1904–1997
Date1956
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions23 3/4 x 30 in. (60.3 x 76.2 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the North Carolina State Art Society (Robert F. Phifer Bequest)
Object numberG.56.28.1
On View
Not on view
ProvenanceProbably created Durham, NC, 1956; collection of the artist; sold to NCMA, 1956. Published ReferencesNorth Carolina Artists' Exhibition (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1956), cat. no. 28, illus. (b-w).

"Art Winner," Raleigh, NC: News and Observer (December 6, 1956).

Ben F. Williams, "Acquisitions of Twentieth Century Paintings," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 1, no. 1 (Spring 1957), mentioned 22.

Acquisitions from North Carolina Annuals, 1946-1966 (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1967), cat. no. 25, illus. (b-w).

Edith London: A Retrospective: Selected Works from 1932-1992 (exhibition catalogue) (Durham: The Durham Art Guild Inc., and Durham Arts Council, Inc., 1992), cat. no. 51, illus. (color) 35.
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "North Carolina Artists' Exhibition," December 6-30, 1956, cat. no. 28, illus. (b-w).

Belhaven, NC, Library, March 1958.

Greenville, NC, Greenville Art Center, January 1960.

Wilson, NC, Atlantic Christian College, March 1960.

Fayetteville, NC, Cumberland County Library, May 1962.

Wilmington, NC, St. John's Art Gallery, July-August 1962.

Durham, NC, Duke University, "Edith London: Painting…Collage…Drawings," March 1-30, 1964, cat. no. 1, illus.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Acquisitions from North Carolina Annuals, 1946-1966," March 12-26, 1967, cat. no. 25, illus. (b-w).
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