Still Life
Artist
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
German, 1884–1976
Datecirca 1922
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions29 x 25 5/8 in. (73.7 x 65.1 cm)
Frame: 31 7/8 x 28 7/8 in. (81 x 73.3 cm)
Frame: 31 7/8 x 28 7/8 in. (81 x 73.3 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineBequest of W. R. Valentiner
Object numberG.65.10.59
On View
Not on viewProvenanceW. R. Valentiner, Detroit, MI, by 1930 [1][2]; Valentiner Estate, Raleigh, NC, 1958 [6]; to NCMA, by bequest, 1965.
[1] See label and catalogue, Harvard Society exhibition, 1930.
[2] See label and list, Detroit inventory, ca. 1933, #54.
[3] 58.12.106-VE
[1] See label and catalogue, Harvard Society exhibition, 1930.
[2] See label and list, Detroit inventory, ca. 1933, #54.
[3] 58.12.106-VE
Published ReferencesMasterpieces of Art: In Memory of William R. Valentiner, 1880-1958 (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1959), cat. no. 145, illus. (b-w) 220, fig. 145.
The Art Quarterly 26, no. 2 (Summer 1963), 277.
New York Times, Obituary (August 11, 1976), 38.
"Outgoing Loans to Temporary Exhibitions," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 13, no. 3 (1976), listed 60.
"Acquisitions: The Valentiner Bequest," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 6, no. 4 and 7, no. 1 (1966/67?), listed 79.
North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 17 (1997), listed and illus. (b-w) 95.
Exhibition HistoryCambridge, MA, Harvard Society of Contemporary Art, "Modern German Art," April 18-May 10, 1930; Hartford, CT, Wadsworth Atheneum, May 19-June 2, 1930, cat. no. 40 (see label).
Minneapolis, MN, University of Minnesota Art Gallery (no exhibition title: ship date, August 31, 1950 - see label).
Los Angeles, CA, University of Southern California, "Some German Expressionists," November 4-26, 1954 (see Valentiner memorial exhibition catalogue).
Beverly Hills, CA, Paul Kantor Gallery, "German Expressionists," 1956 (see Valentiner memorial exhibition catalogue).
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Masterpieces of Art: In Memory of William R. Valentiner, 1880-1958," April 6-May 17, 1959, cat. no. 145, illus. (b-w).
Birmingham, AL, Birmingham Museum of Art, "German Masters of the Twentieth Century," March 21-April 28, 1974.
Richmond, VA, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, "Masterpieces from the North Carolina Museum of Art," March 11-April 13, 1975.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Methods of the Masters: Techniques in Art," October 2, 1986-August 30, 1987.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Objects of Delight: Still Lifes from the Permanent Collection," October 5, 1990-June 16, 1991.
Chapel Hill, NC, Ackland Art Museum, "Romantic Dreams and Rude Awakenings: Northern European Prints and Drawings, 1840-1940," April 8-July 10, 2011.
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