First Theme
c. 1962
Painter, American, 1906 - 1965
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 243.21 × 96.52 cm (95 3/4 × 38 in.)
framed: 247.02 × 99.7 × 6.99 cm (97 1/4 × 39 1/4 × 2 3/4 in.) -
Accession
2015.19.94
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Purchased 14 December 1962 from the artist by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1963
28th Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana; Library of Winston-Salem; University of Southern Florida, Tampa; Florida State University, Tallahassee; University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma; Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte; Fort Wayne Art Museum; Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio; Montclair Art Museum, 1963-1964, no. 36, repro.
Progress of an American Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 3 October 1963 - 17 April 1964, unpublished checklist.
1971
Burgoyne Diller, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts; Pasadena Art Museum, 9 December 1971 - 2 July 1972, no. 33, repro.
1980
La Pintura de los Estados Unidos de Museos de la Ciudad de Washington, D.C., Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, 18 November 1980 - 4 January 1981, no. 78, repro.
1998
The Forty-Fifth Biennial: The Corcoran Collects, 1907–1998, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 17 July - 29 September 1998, unnumbered catalogue.
2008
The American Evolution: A History through Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 1 March - 27 July 2008, unpublished checklist.
Wikidata ID
Q46636261