Indian Shops, Gay Head, Massachusetts
1940
Painter, American, 1905 - 1998
Lois Mailou Jones
East Building Ground Level, Gallery 106-C
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 53.34 × 65.41 cm (21 × 25 3/4 in.)
framed: 72.71 × 83.82 × 8.89 cm (28 5/8 × 33 × 3 1/2 in.) -
Accession Number
2015.19.212
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Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Gift March 1997 from the artist to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1941
Society of Washington Artists Fiftieth Annual Exhibition, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 1-23 February 1941.
1994
The World of Lois Mailou Jones, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 17 September - 14 November 1994.
2006
Painting Summer in New England, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, 2006, unnumbered catalogue, pl. 4.
2009
Loïs Mailou Jones: A Life in Vibrant Color, Mint Museum, Charlotte; Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, Florida; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington; Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga; The Women's Museum, Dallas, 14 November 2009 - 23 July 2011, unnumbered catalogue, repro.
2013
American Journeys: Visions of Place, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 21 September 2013 - 28 September 2014, unpublished checklist.
Bibliography
2011
Cash, Sarah, ed. Corcoran Gallery of Art: American Paintings to 1945. Washington, 2011: 304, repro.
Inscriptions
lower right: Lois M. / Jones '40
Wikidata ID
Q46635449