Tailor-Made Girl
1939
Artist, American, born Poland, 1872 - 1946
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
framed: 112.71 × 73.03 × 3.18 cm (44 3/8 × 28 3/4 × 1 1/4 in.)
overall: 101.6 × 63.5 cm (40 × 25 in.) -
Accession
2023.160.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
The artist; (Hudson Walker Gallery, New York); acquired 1942 by Sidney [1896 - 1989] and Harriet [1898-1963], New York; by inheritance 1989 to their son Conrad [1928-2022] and his wife Maria [1946-2001] Janis, Los Angeles; their estate; gift 2023 to NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1939
American Painting Today, Albright Art Gallery, Buffalot, 1939, no. 18, as Tailor-made Lady.
1943
20th-century Portraits, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1942-1943, pl. 129, as Tailor-made GIrl (the artist's daughter).
THe Paintings of Morris Hirshfield, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943, no. 3, as Tailormade Girl (The Artist's Daughter).
1944
Self-Taught Painters, George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, Springfield, MA, 1944.
1965
44 Paintings by Morris Hirshfield, Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, 1965, no. 3, repro.
1980
Morris Hirshfield, Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, FL, 1979-1980.
1994
Morris Hirshfield Paintings and Drawings, Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, 1994, no. 1.
2022
Master of the Two Left Feet: Morris Hirsfield Rediscovered, The American Folk Art Museum, New York, 2022-2023, no. MH3, repro.
Inscriptions
lower right: M. Hirshfield / 1939