The Ragged One, 1944

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 116.8 x 91.4 cm (46 x 36 in.)

framed: 134.6 x 106.7 x 6.4 cm (53 x 42 x 2 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Michael Straight

Accession Number

1974.87.2

Artists / Makers

Rico Lebrun (painter) American, born Italy, 1900 - 1964

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Inscription

lower right: Lebrun 1944

Provenance

(Sylvan Simone Gallery, Los Angeles); Michael Whitney Straight, Bethesda, Maryland;[1] gift 1974 to NGA.

[1] Per 13 September 1974 letter from Michael Straight in NGA curatorial files, the painting "was purchased from Sylvan Simone in Los Angeles shortly after Lebrun's death...".

Associated Names

Simone, Sylvan
Straight, Michael Whitney

Exhibition History

1967: Rico Lebrun 1900-1964, Silvan Simone Gallery, Los Angeles, 1967-1968, unnumbered catalogue, as The Tattered One.

1996: Loan for display with permanent collection, Baum Gallery of Fine Art, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, 1996-1997.

Bibliography

1980: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 193, repro.

1981: Williams, William James. A Heritage of American Paintings from the National Gallery of Art. New York, 1981: 229, repro. 230.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 226, repro.