Cat and Kittens on the Grass, 1943

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Medium

oil on canvas

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.)

Credit Line

Gift of Maria and Conrad Janis

Accession Number

2023.160.3

Artists / Makers

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

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Inscription

lower right: M. HiRSHFiELD / 1943

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

Janis, Conrad, Mr. and Mrs.

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.

1951: 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.