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Title:White Abstraction
Artist:Arthur B. Carles (American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1882–1952 Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania)
Date:1935
Medium:Oil on canvas
Dimensions:39 x 33 in. (99.1 x 83.8 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Gift of The Woodward Foundation, 1976
Accession Number:1976.250.3
the artist (1935–probably until d. 1952); his daughter, Mercedes Matter, Philadelphia and New York (by 1953–at least 1959); The Woodward Foundation, Washington, D. C. (by 1966–76; their gift to MMA)
Philadelphia. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, presented with the Philadelphia Museum of Art. "Memorial Exhibition: Arthur B. Carles 1882–1952," March 18–April 12, 1953, no. 1 (lent by Mrs. Herbert Matter).
New York. Poindexter Gallery. "The 30s: Painting in New York," December 1956–January 1957, unnumbered cat. (as "Untitled," lent by Mrs. Herbert Matter).
New York. Graham. "Arthur B. Carles 1882–1952: Retrospective Exhibition," April 14–May 9, 1959, no. 71 (as "Composition," lent by Mercedes Matter).
Ogunquit, Me. Ogunquit Museum of Art. "Americans of Our Times: Seventh Annual Exhibition," June 27–September 10, 1959, no. 2.
Philadelphia. Peale Galleries of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. "An Exhibition of Paintings by Arthur B. Carles," December 15, 1966–January 29, 1967, no. 6 (as "Composition," lent by The Woodward Foundation).
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels. "La Peinture Américaine au 20e Siècle de la Collection du Metropolitan Museum of Art," June 28–August 23, 1978, no. 6 (as "Abstrait").
Philadelphia. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. "Arthur B. Carles (1882–1952): Painting with Color," September 23–November 27, 1983, no. 89.
Washington, D. C. Corcoran Gallery of Art. "Arthur B. Carles (1882–1952): Painting with Color," April 28–June 27, 1984, no. 89.
New York. National Academy of Design. "Arthur B. Carles (1882–1952): Painting with Color," September 11–November 4, 1984, no. 89.
New York. Hollis Taggart Galleries. "The Orchestration of Color: The Paintings of Arthur B. Carles," February 10–March 18, 2000, no. 68.
Philadelphia. Woodmere Art Museum. "The Orchestration of Color: The Paintings of Arthur B. Carles," April 16–June 25, 2000, no. 68.
Clement Greenberg. "New York Painting Only Yesterday." Art News 56 (Summer 1957), p. 59, ill.
Helen A. Harrison inLa Peinture Américaine au 20e Siècle de la Collection du Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. cat., Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels. Brussels, 1978, unpaginated, no. 6, ill.
Barbara A. Wolanin. Arthur B. Carles: (1882–1952). Painting with Color. Exh. cat., Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Philadelphia, 1983.
Barbara A. Wolanin. "Re-emergence of an American Modernist: Arthur B. Carles." Arts Magazine 58 (February 1984), pp. 124–25, ill., dates it about 1935.
Holland Cotter. "Art in Review: Arthur B. Carles. 'The Orchestration of Color'." New York Times (March 17, 2000), p. E37, ill.
Georgia O'Keeffe (American, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin 1887–1986 Santa Fe, New Mexico)
1926
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