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George Luks

The Bersaglieri, 1918

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 101.9 x 151.5 cm (40 1/8 x 59 5/8 in.)

framed: 119.1 x 169.6 x 7 cm (46 7/8 x 66 3/4 x 2 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the Avalon Foundation

Accession Number

1950.5.1

Artists / Makers

George Luks (painter) American, 1866 - 1933

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Inscription

lower left: George Luks

Provenance

The artist; purchased by Arthur F. Egner, South Orange, New Jersey, by 1934;[1] (his estate sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 4 May 1945, no. 116). (Knoedler and Co., New York), by 1947;[2] purchased 16 May 1950 by NGA.

[1] The painting was lent by Enger to the 1934 exhibition The Work of George Benjamin Luks at the Newark Museum.

[2] The painting was lent by Knoedler to the 1947 exhibition Fiftieth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings by American Artists 1896-1930 at the Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts.

Associated Names

Knoedler & Company, M.
Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc.

Exhibition History

1934: The Works of Benjamin Luks, Newark Museum, New Jersey, 1934-1935, no. 36.

1946: American Painting, Person Hall Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1946, no. 27.

1947: Fiftieth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings by American Artists 1896-1930, Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts, 1947, no. 23.

1949: The Turn of the Century: American Artists 1890-1920, Des Moines Art Center, 1949, unnumbered catalogue.

1954: Extended loan for use by Blair-Lee House, Washington, D.C., 1954-1956.

1973: George Luks: An Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings Dating from 1889 to 1931, Museum of Art, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, April-May 1973, no. 47, repro.

1973: The City in American Painting, Allentown Art Museum, Pennsylvania, January-March 1973, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

1988: Extended loan for use by Secretary Frank Carlucci, U.S. Department of Defense, Washington, D.C., 1988-1989.

1991: Extended loan for use by Secretary Lynn Martin, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, D.C., 1991-1993.

1993: Extended loan for use by Secretary Robert Reich, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, D.C., 1993-1995.

2001: Extended loan for use by Ambassador William Stamps Farish III, U.S. Embassy residence, London, England, 2001-2002.

Bibliography

1970: American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 80, repro.

1980: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 196, repro.

1980: Wilmerding, John. American Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1980: no. 52, color repro.

1981: Williams, William James. A Heritage of American Paintings from the National Gallery of Art. New York, 1981: 207, color repro. 219.

1988: Wilmerding, John. American Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art. Rev. ed. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1988: 162, no. 58, color repro.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 229, repro.