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Title:The Artist's Parents
Artist:Raphael Soyer (American (born Russia), Borisoglebsk 1899–1987 New York)
Date:1932
Medium:Oil on canvas
Dimensions:28 x 30 in. (71.1 x 76.2 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Gift of the artist, 1979
Object Number:1979.550
Inscription: Signed and dated (lower right): Raphael Soyer 1932
the artist, New York (1932–79; his gift to MMA)
New York. Museum of Modern Art. "Twentieth Century Portraits," December 9, 1942–January 24, 1943, unnumbered cat. (p. 111; lent by the artist).
Baltimore Museum of Art. "Twentieth Century Portraits," February 12–March 7, 1943, unnumbered cat.
Worcester, Mass. Worcester Art Museum. "Twentieth Century Portraits," March 21–April 18, 1943, unnumbered cat.
Arts Club of Chicago. "Twentieth Century Portraits," May 4–31, 1943, unnumbered cat.
San Francisco. California Palace of the Legion of Honor. "Twentieth Century Portraits," June 14–July 12, 1943, unnumbered cat.
City Art Museum of Saint Louis. "Twentieth Century Portraits," October 1–29, 1943, unnumbered cat.
Flint, Mich. Flint Institute of Arts. "Twentieth Century Portraits," November 20–December 18, 1943, unnumbered cat.
Utica, N.Y. Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute. "Twentieth Century Portraits," January 1–29, 1944, unnumbered cat.
West Palm Beach, Fla. Norton Gallery and School of Art. "Twentieth Century Portraits," February 11–March 10, 1944, unnumbered cat.
Winter Park, Fla. Rollins College. "Twentieth Century Portraits," March 18–April 8, 1944, unnumbered cat.
New York. Whitney Museum of American Art. "Raphael Soyer," October 25–December 3, 1967, no. 11.
Jewish Museum, New York. "Jewish Experience in the Art of the Twentieth Century," October 16, 1975–January 25, 1976, no. 238 (as "Artist's Parents," lent by the artist, New York).
Edinburgh. Royal Scottish Academy. "The Modern Spirit: American Painting 1908–1935," August 19–September 10, 1977, no. 146 (lent by the Forum Gallery, New York).
London. Hayward Gallery. "The Modern Spirit: American Painting 1908–1935," September 27–November 27, 1977, no. 146.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Junior Museum. "Portraits: A Selection from the Department of 20th Century Art," November 25, 1980–February 16, 1981, no catalogue.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "30 Painters: Recent Acquisitions (formerly titled ‘Given and Promised’)," January 26–March 14, 1982, brochure no. 27.
New York. Cooper Union, Arthur A. Houghton Jr. Gallery. "Raphael Soyer's New York: People and Places," October 3–November 9, 1984, no. 8.
Jacksonville, Fla. Jacksonville Art Museum. "The Figure in 20th Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," February 9–April 21, 1985, unnumbered cat. (p. 51).
Oklahoma City. Oklahoma Museum of Art. "The Figure in 20th Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," May 5–June 30, 1985, unnumbered cat.
New York. National Academy of Design. "The Figure in 20th Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," July 16–September 1, 1985, unnumbered cat.
Evanston, Ill. Terra Museum of American Art. "The Figure in 20th Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," September 15–November 10, 1985, unnumbered cat.
Little Rock. Arkansas Arts Center. "The Figure in 20th Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," November 12, 1985–January 19, 1986, unnumbered cat.
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center. "The Figure in 20th Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," February 9–March 30, 1986, unnumbered cat.
St. Paul. Minnesota Museum of Art. "The Figure in 20th Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," April 20–June 8, 1986, unnumbered cat.
New York. Forum Gallery. "Raphael Soyer: 20 Great Paintings," January 19–March 4, 1995, unnumbered cat. (p. 9).
Lloyd Goodrich. Raphael Soyer. New York, 1972, ill. p. 53 (color), calls it "Artist's Parents".
Lowery Stokes Sims. The Figure in 20th Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. cat., Jacksonville Art Museum. New York, 1984, pp. 42, 50–51, ill.
John Brandenburg. "Museum's Offerings Tell Story of 20th Century America." Daily Oklahoman/Times (May 30, 1985), p. 15.
Barbara S. Krulik. Raphael Soyer: 20 Great Paintings. Exh. cat., Forum Gallery. New York, 1995, p. 4, ill. p. 9 (color).
Holland Cotter. "Art in Review: An Immigrant's New York." New York Times (February 24, 1995), p. C21.
Ori Z. Soltes. Fixing the World: Jewish American Painters in the Twentieth Century. Lebanon, N.H., 2002, pp. 36–37, fig. 20 (color).
Samantha Baskind. Raphael Soyer and the Search for Modern Jewish Art. Chapel Hill, 2004, pp. 57–58, fig. 14.
Raphael Soyer (American (born Russia), Borisoglebsk 1899–1987 New York)
1937
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