Untitled

Artist Moshe Kupferman Israeli, born Poland, 1926–2003

Date1974

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions51 3/8 x 64 in. (130.5 x 162.6 cm)
Frame: 53 7/8 x 66 1/4 x 2 in. (136.8 x 168.3 x 5.1 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the North Carolina State Art Society (Robert F. Phifer Bequest)

Object number90.4

On View

Not on view

ProvenanceCreated Kibbutz Lohamei Ha-Gettaot, Israel, 1974; collection of the artist; sold to [Bertha Urdang, Rina Gallery (later Bertha Urdang Gallery), New York, ca. 1975]; sold to NCMA, 1990.Published ReferencesJohn W. Coffey, Moshe Kupferman: Between Oblivion and Remembrance (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1991), cat. no. 5, illus. (color).

J.W.C. [John W. Coffey], "Moshe Kupferman: Between Oblivion and Remembrance," North Carolina Museum of Art Preview (Autumn 1991), 6-9, discussed 9, illus. (b-w) 9.

"N.C. Museum of art opens first U.S. retrospective of Kupferman's works," Chapel Hill (N.C.) Newspaper (September 19, 1991), Cue Magazine section, 13.

Max Halperen, "First and second sights," Raleigh: The News and Observer (September 29, 1991), 1H, 3H, discussed 3H, illus. (color).

"Annual Report: Acquisitions," North Carolina Museum of Art Preview (Winter 1991-92), illus. (b-w) 40.

Introduction to the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1992), illus. (b-w) 281.

John W. Coffey, entry for Untitled, in North Carolina Museum of Art: Handbook of the Collections, Rebecca Martin Nagy, ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1998), 237, illus. (color).

Moshe Kupferman: Works from 1962-2000 (exhibition catalogue), Yona Fischer, ed. (Jerusalem: The Israel Museum, 2001), cat. no. 46, illus. (color).

Art Taylor, "Museum Loans," Preview: The Magazine of the North Carolina Museum of Art (March/April 2002), mentioned 7.

John W. Coffey, entry for Untitled, in North Carolina Museum of Art: Handbook of the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2010), 508, illus. (color) 509.
Exhibition HistoryProbably Worcester, MA, Worcester Art Museum, "Three Israeli Artists: Gross, Neustein, Kupferman," September 10-October 5, 1975.

New York, NY, Rina Gallery, (long-term informal exhibition), 1975-90.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Moshe Kupferman: Between Oblivion and Remembrance," September 21-December 1, 1991; Buffalo, NY, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, January 17-March 1, 1992, no. 5, illus. (color).

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Art for the People: Recent Museum Acquisitions," September 14, 1997-January 4, 1998. (Closing date extended to January 25, 1998)

Jerusalem, The Israel Museum, "Moshe Kupferman: Works from 1962-2000," December 26, 2001-July 30, 2002, cat. no. 46, illus. (color).

Savannah, GA, Telfair Museum of Art's Jepson Center for the Arts, "Fast Forward: Three Decades of Contemporary Art from the North Carolina Museum of Art," January 23-April 27, 2008.

Wilmington, NC, Louise Wells Cameron Art Museum, "Bearden to Ruscha: Contemporary Art from the North Carolina Museum of Art," May 22, 2008-May 17, 2009. Object Rights Statement

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