Player, 1912

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Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 91.44 × 71.12 cm (36 × 28 in.)

framed: 104.46 × 83.82 × 4.13 cm (41 1/8 × 33 × 1 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase through the gift of Amelia B. Lazarus)

Accession Number

2014.136.143

Artists / Makers

Manierre Dawson (painter) American, 1887 - 1969

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Inscription

lower left: M. Dawson '12

Provenance

The artist [1887-1969]; his estate; Dr. Lewis Obi, Frank McKeown, and Lefferts Mabie, in 1978;[1] (Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, New York); purchased 15 April 1981 by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.

[1] According to Ani Boyajian, ed., research compiled by Randy J. Ploog and Myra Bairstow, Manierre Dawson (1887-1969): A Catalogue Raisonne, New York, 2011: no. 1912.09, 181.

Associated Names

Corcoran Gallery of Art
Mabie, Lefferts
McKeown, Frank
Obi, Lewis Dr.
Robert Schoelkopf Gallery

Exhibition History

1923: Manierre Dawson, Milwaukee Art Institute, January 1923.

1981: Manierre Dawson: Paintings 1910-1914, Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, New York, 28 March - 22 April 1981, no. 7, repro.

1982: Acquisitions Since 1975, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 5 November 1982 - 16 January 1983, unpublished checklist.

Bibliography

1981: Gedo, Mary Matthews. "The Secret Idol: Manierre Dawson and Pablo Picasso." Arts Magazine 56, no. 4 (December 1981): fig. 18.

2011: Boyajian, Ani, ed., research compiled by Randy J. Ploog and Myra Bairstow. Manierre Dawson (1887-1969): A Catalogue Raisonne. New York, 2011: no. 1912.09, 69, 181, repros.

2011: Cash, Sarah, ed. Corcoran Gallery of Art: American Paintings to 1945. Washington, 2011: 293, repro.