Faraduro, Portugal

1952

Leonid

Artist, American, born Russia, 1896 - 1976

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Avalon Foundation

  • Dimensions

    overall: 101.6 x 81.3 cm (40 x 32 in.)
    framed: 116.2 x 97.1 x 6.9 cm (45 3/4 x 38 1/4 x 2 11/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1952.12.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Purchased December 1952 by NGA.[1]
[1] The painting was purchased with income from funds given to the NGA by the Avalon Foundation for the purchase of contemporary works of art by American artists.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1972

  • Extended loan for use by The Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D.C., 1972-1986.

1989

  • Extended loan for use by Secretary Louis Sullivan, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C., 1989-1993.

2008

  • American Artists from the Russian Empire, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, The University of Oklahoma, Norman; The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg; State Tretiakov Gallery, Moscow; San Diego Museum of Art, 2008-2010, no. 61, repro.

2014

  • Extended loan for use by Secretary Ernest Moniz, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, D.C., 2014-2016.

Bibliography

1970

  • American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 78, repro., as Faraduro.

1980

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 194, repro.

1992

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

Inscriptions

lower left: Leonid. / 52.

Wikidata ID

Q20194534

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