Swamp Mallows
Artist
Ben Berns
Dutch, 1936–2007, active in the United States 1963–2007
Date1995
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions52 1/16 x 90 1/16 in. (132.2 x 228.8 cm)
Frame: 53 1/16 x 91 1/16 in. (134.8 x 231.3 cm)
Frame: 53 1/16 x 91 1/16 in. (134.8 x 231.3 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LinePurchased in memory of William Luther Staton (1871-1944) and Mattie Worsley Staton (1882-1963) with funds from their daughter Mary Lois Staton
Object number95.8
On View
Not on viewPublished ReferencesGibbons Ruark, "Swamp Mallows," in The Store of Joys, Huston Paschal, ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1997), 130-131, illus. (color) 130.
Melissa Clement, "Nature and her many faces on display in landscape show," (exhibition review), Fayetteville Observer-Times (December 4, 1998), mentioned 19.
Gibbons Ruark, Passing through Customs (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1999), illus. (color) front and back cover.
United States Embassy Copenhagen: ART in Embassies Exhibition (Washington, DC: ART in Embassies Program, U.S. Department of State, 2007), illus. (color), 9.
Gibbons Ruark, "Swamp Mallows" in “You Are the River: Literature Inspired by the North Carolina Museum of Art,” edited by Helena Feder (Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2021), illus (color) 136.Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, 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)
Wilmington, NC, St. John's Museum of Art, "Inventing the American Landscape: A Dialogue with the Visual World," April 25–June 28, 1998; Hickory, NC, The Hickory Museum of Art, September 12–November 8, 1998; Fayetteville, NC, Fayetteville Museum of Art, November 22, 1998–January 17, 1999; Greenville, NC, Greenville Museum of Art, March 10–April 30, 1999, brochure, illus. (Outreach exhibition)
United States Embassy Copenhagen, ART in Embassies Program, July 14, 2006–February 6, 2009. Object Rights Statement
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