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Alice Neel

Loneliness, 1970

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 203.2 x 96.5 cm (80 x 38 in.)

framed: 220.4 x 113.7 x 4.4 cm (86 3/4 x 44 3/4 x 1 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Arthur M. Bullowa, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

Accession Number

1991.143.1

Artists / Makers

Alice Neel (artist) American, 1900 - 1984

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Inscription

center right reverse: Neel / '70

Provenance

Arthur M. Bullowa, New York; gift 1991 to NGA.

Associated Names

Bullowa, Esq., Arthur M.

Exhibition History

2014: Extended loan for use by President Barack Obama, The White House, Washington, D.C., 2014-2016.

2016: Alice Neel: Painter of Modern Life, Ateneum Art Museum, Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki; Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague; Fondation Vincent van Gogh - Arles; Deichtorhallen Hamburg, 2016-2018, no. 54, repro.

Bibliography

1998: Allara, Pamela. Pictures of People, Alice Neel's American Portrait Gallery. 1998: no. 178, repro.

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