Tailor-Made Girl, 1939

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Medium

oil on canvas

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.)

Credit Line

Gift of Maria and Conrad Janis

Accession Number

2023.160.1

Artists / Makers

Morris Hirshfield (artist) American, born Poland, 1872 - 1946

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Inscription

lower right: M. Hirshfield / 1939

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

Janis, Conrad, Mr. and Mrs.

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).

1943: 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.