Figure Seated

Object Details

Artist

Louis Eilshemius, American, b. Arlington, New Jersey, 1864–1941

Provenance

Kleeman Galleries, New York, by 1937 to 30 October 1942

M. Knoedler and Co., New York, 30 October 1942-December 1944

Kleeman Galleries, New York, December 1944-c. 1945

Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, c. 1945-1961

Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, New York, 1961-17 May 1966

Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966

Exhibition History

KLEEMAN GALLERIES, New York. "All of Elshemius," October 1937, no. 7 cover ill.

KLEEMAN GALLERIES, New York. "Paintings and Watercolors," October 1939, no. 18

VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Richmond. "Second Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Artists," 9 March-21 April 1940, no. 66.

ARTIST'S GALLERY, New York. "Masterpieces of Eilshemius," February 1959, no. 3, ill. Tour: PHILLIPS COLLECTION, Washington, DC, May-June 1959.

HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975, fig. 115, p. 90, p. 689.

HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Louis M. Eilshemius: Selections from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden," 9 November 1978-1 January 1979, no.9, ill. p. 45. Tour: HERBERT F. JOHNSON MUSEUM OF ART, Ithaca, New York, 3 February-18 March; LEIGH YAWKEY WOODSON ART MUSEUM, Wausau, Wisconsin, 14 April-27 May; JOSLYN ART MUSEUM, Omaha, 23 June-19 August; SPRINGFIELD MUSEUM OF FINE ART, Massachusetts, 29 September-11 November; FREDERICK S. WIGHT GALLERY, University of California, Los Angeles, 8 December 1978-13 January 1979; DE YOUNG MUSEUM, San Francisco,1 February-1 April.

TAFT MUSEUM, Cincinnati. "Small Paintings from Famous Collections," 4 April-7 June 1981.

Published References

DEVREE, HOWARD. "All of Eilshemius," Magazine of Art 30 (October 1937): 610, ill.

UNSIGNED. "Dramaticism, Lyricism, and Eilshemius," Art Digest 12 (1 October 1937): 9.

McCAUSLAND ELIZABETH. "'All of Eilshemius,' A Lonely Romantic," Sunday Union and Republican [Springfield, Massachusetts] (3 October 1937): 6-E, ill.

LANE, JAMES. "Eilshemius: The Late Recognition of a Pioneer of American Painting," Art News 36 (9 October 1937): 17.

SCHACK, WILLIAM. And He Sat Among the Ashes (New York: American Artists Group, 1939): 66, ill. p. 60.

LANE, JAMES W. "Fame Comes Too Late to the Great Eccentric of New York Art World," Life 7 (6 November 1939): 51, ill.

FARBER, MANNY. "Eilshemius: Artist Behind Mahatma," Art News 58 (April 1959): 50.

COATES, ROBERT M. "The Art Galleries: Eilshemius and Duchamp," The New Yorker (18 April 1959): 151.

KARLSTROM, PAUL J. diss. "Louis M. Eilshemius 1864-1941," (University of California Los Angeles, 1973).

LERNER, ABRAM, et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1974): 689, fig. 115, ill. p. 90.

KARLSTROM, PAUL J. Louis Michel Eilshemius (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1978): p. 94 colorplate 74.

GODDARD, DONALD. American Painting (n.p.: Hugh Lautner Levin Associates, 1990): ill.

Credit Line

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966

1890

Accession Number

66.1724

Type

Painting

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

16 1/8 X 12 IN. (40.9 X 30.4 CM.)

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Record ID

hmsg_66.1724

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