Joseph Stella, American, b. Muro Lucano, Italy, 1877–1946 Search this
Medium:
Watercolor and ink on paper
Dimensions:
17 1/8 X 11 3/4 IN. IRREG. (43.4 X 29.9 CM.) MOUNT: 17 1/4 X 12 IN. (43.7 X 30.4 CM.)
Type:
Painting
Date:
1920-1922
Provenance:
Estate of the artist
Rabin & Krueger, Newark, NJ
Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, New York, to 28 February 1962
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 28 February 1962-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 17 May 1966
Exhibition History:
CARNEGIE INSTITUTE MUSEUM OF ART, Pittsburgh, PA. Forerunners of American Abstraction, 18 November 1971-9 January 1972, no. 106.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. Joseph Stella: Selected Works from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection, 12 May-17 July 1983, no. 10. TOUR: COLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ART, Columbus, OH, 11 February-25 March 1984.
GEORGIA O'KEEFFE MUSEUM, Santa Fe, NM. Views of the City: 1910s-1940s, 14 November 2000-14 March 2001.
Published References:
STELLA, JOSEPH. "The Brooklyn Bridge (A Page of my Life)," Transition no.16-17 (June 1929).
JAFFE, IRMA B. Joseph Stella (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1970) p. 208, checklist no. 319.
ZILCZER, JUDITH. Joseph Stella: The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection (Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1983) no. 10, p. 34.
RICHARD, PAUL. "Joseph Stella, Picture Puzzler," Washington Post (12 May 1983) p. E1.
DORSEY, JOHN. "Hirshhorn Presents Limited Look at Joseph Stella's Strange Career," Baltimore Sun (20 May 1983).
UNSIGNED. "Show marks artists's 'twists, turns'," Richmond-Times Dispatch (29 May 1983) p. J4.
RICHARD, PAUL. "Beckoning Bridges," Washington Post (15 March 1987) p. F5.
Credit Line:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
