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Artist David Kapp American, born 1953

Date1990

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions120 x 90 in. (304.8 x 228.6 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineGift of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York; Hassam, Speicher, Betts and Symons Funds

Object number95.2

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Not on view

ProvenanceCreated New York, 1990; collection of the artist; [David Beitzel Gallery, New York]; American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, 1995; given to NCMA, 1995.
Published ReferencesDavid Kapp (exhibition catalogue) (New York: David Beitzel Gallery, 1991), illus. (color) 17.

Stephen Westfall, "David Kapp at David Beitzel," Art in America 80 (January 1992), 112-114, illus. (color) 112.

Huston Paschal, New York, New York: Recent Cityscapes (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1994), cat. no.14, discussed and illus. (b-w) 17, also illus. (color) 44.

Chuck Twardy, "Apple of the Eye" (exhibition review), Raleigh: The News and Observer (October 9, 1994), discussed 3G.

Max Halperen, "Bright Lights, Dark Shadows, ...." (exhibition review) Raleigh: Spectator (October 13, 1994), discussed 9.

Melissa Clement, "Cityscapes" (exhibition review), Fayetteville, NC: Fayetteville Observer-Times (October 23, 1994), 1F, 2F, discussed.

Susan Farrington., "N.Y. cityscapes blaze in Raleigh" (exhibition review), Sanford, NC: Sanford Herald (October 26, 1994), discussed 16A.

"Acquisitions." North Carolina Museum of Art Preview/Annual Report (Spring 1996), listed 70.

Robert G. Edelman, "Painted Streets/Urban Grids," in David Kapp: Working the Grid (West Stockbridge: 2001), 38, illus. (color) 40
Exhibition HistoryNew York, NY, David Beitzel Gallery, "David Kapp," September 5-October 5, 1991, illus. (color) 17.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "New York New York: Recent Cityscapes," October 15, 1994-February 12, 1995, cat. no.14, discussed and illus. (b-w) 17, also illus. (color) 44.

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)

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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