Portrait of Elmer Bischoff
1958
Painter, American, 1911 - 1960
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Lydia Park Moore, wife of the artist)
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Dimensions
overall: 55.88 × 50.8 cm (22 × 20 in.)
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Accession
2015.19.137
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
The artist's widow, Lydia Park Moore, Santa Barbara; gift 26 January 1971 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1965
Loan to display with permanent collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965-1971.
1966
New Accessions USA: The Eleventh Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Paintings Acquired by Leading Art Museums of the United States for their Permanent Collections, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, 7 July - 18 September 1966, no. 14.
1967
California Art Festival: Lytton Center of the Visual Arts Selects California Art from American Museums, Lytton Center of the Visual Arts, Los Angeles, 1 October - 30 November 1967, no. 53, repro.
1968
David Park: His World 1911-1960, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 19 October - 17 November 1968.
1977
David Park, 1911-1960, Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach; Oakland Museum, 16 September 1977 - 22 January 1978, no. 98, repro.
Bibliography
2009
Bigelow, Helen Park. David Park, Painter: Nothing Held Back. Manchester, Vermont, 2009: fig. 74.
Inscriptions
lower right: Park 58
Wikidata ID
Q46636502