Cat and Kittens on the Grass
1943
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: 83.19 × 113.67 × 3.18 cm (32 3/4 × 44 3/4 × 1 1/4 in.)
overall: 80.65 × 111.13 cm (31 3/4 × 43 3/4 in.) -
Accession
2023.160.3
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
The artist; Sidney Janis [1896 - 1989] , New York, 1944; Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, 1948; by inheritance to Sidney Janis's son Conrad [1928-2022] and his wife Maria [1946-2001] Janis, Los Angeles; their estate; gift 2023 to NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1944
Recent Paintings by Morris Hirshfield, Julien Levy Gallery, New York, 1944, repro.
1945
Morris Hirshfield, James Vigeveno Galleries, Los Angeles, 1945, no. 3.
1951
M. Hirshfield (1872-1946), Galerie Maeght, Paris, 1951, no. 11.
Morris Hirshfield (1872-1946), Kunsthaus Zurich, 1951, no. 10.
1961
Das naive Bild der Welt / Peinture naive du mond/Naive art of the World, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden; Historisches Museum, Frankfurt am Main; Kunstverein Hannover, 1961, no. 76.
1965
Morris Hirshfield: American Primitive Painter, Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, 1965, no. 20, repro.
1979
Morris Hirshfield, Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, FL, 1979-1980.
Bibliography
2022
Meyer, Richard. Master of the Two Left Feet: Morris Hirshfield Rediscovered. Exh. Cat. American Folk Art Museum, New York, 2022: 267, no. MH 31, repro.
Inscriptions
lower right: M. HiRSHFiELD / 1943