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Title:Pears with Pewter
Artist:Luigi Lucioni (American (born Italy) Malnate 1900–1988 New York, New York)
Date:1930
Medium:Oil on canvas
Dimensions:20 1/4 × 28 1/8 in. (51.4 × 71.4 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:George A. Hearn Fund, 1934
Accession Number:34.63
Inscription: Signed and dated (lower left): L. Lucioni '30
the artist, New York (1930–34; sold by exchange to MMA)
New York. Macbeth Gallery. "Paintings by Younger Americans," December 1930, no. 11 (for sale for $700).
New York. Ferargil Galleries. "Luigi Lucioni," January–February 1931, no. 3.
Cleveland Museum of Art. "Eleventh Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Painting," June 12–July 12, 1931, no catalogue.
Art Institute of Chicago. "Forty-Fourth Annual Exhibition of American Paintings and Sculpture," October 29–December 13, 1931, no. 116.
Boston. Casson Galleries. "Luigi Lucioni: Exhibition of Paintings," April 17–29, 1933, no. 15 (as "Pears and Pewter").
New York. The Forum, RCA Building, Rockefeller Center. "First Municipal Art Exhibition: Paintings, Sculpture, Drawings, Prints by Living American Artists Identified with the New York Art World," February 28–March 31, 1934, no. 576.
Minneapolis Institute of Arts. "American Paintings Since Sargent, Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art," October 4–31, 1940, brochure no. 25.
WPA Art Center, Jacksonville, Fla. "Paintings from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," March 1–31, 1941, no catalogue.
New Brunswick, N. J. Rutgers University Library. "Picture of the Month," April 7–26, 1941.
Beaumont, Tex. Beaumont Women's Club. October 7–28, 1941, no catalogue.
Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences. "Paintings by American Artists," December 1941, no catalogue.
New York. YMCA, West Side. February 13–October 5, 1942.
New York. Columbia University. October 20, 1944–April 20, 1945.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "20th Century Painters: A Special Exhibition of Oils, Water Colors and Drawings Selected from the Collections of American Art in the Metropolitan Museum," June 16–October 29, 1950, unnum. brochure (p. 8).
New York. Associated American Artists Galleries. "Luigi Lucioni: Twenty-Five Years of Paintings, 1925–1950," January 2–20, 1951.
Shelburne, Vt. Shelburne Museum. "The Shelburne Museum Proudly Presents the Painting Life of Luigi Lucioni," June 1–August 31, 1968, no. 53.
Manchester. Southern Vermont Art Center. "Lucioni Retrospective," August 6–September 19, 1993.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "American Still Life: 1915–1950," February 1, 1995–January 28, 1996, no catalogue.
Richmond, Va. Marsh Art Gallery. "Still Life: The Object in American Art, 1915–1995. Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," January 3–February 28, 1997, no. 41.
Little Rock. Arkansas Arts Center. "Still Life: The Object in American Art, 1915–1995. Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," March 28–May 23, 1997, no. 41.
Newport Beach, Calif. Newport Harbor Art Museum. "Still Life: The Object in American Art, 1915–1995. Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," June 20–August 15, 1997, no. 41.
Tulsa, Okla. Philbrook Museum of Art. "Still Life: The Object in American Art, 1915–1995. Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," September 12–November 7, 1997, no. 41.
Palm Beach, Fla. The Society of the Four Arts. "Still Life: The Object in American Art, 1915–1995. Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," January 9–February 8, 1998, no. 41.
Salina, Kansas. Salina Art Center. "Still Life: The Object in American Art, 1915–1995. Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," March 6–May 3, 1998, no. 41.
Middlebury, Vt. Middlebury College Museum of Art. "Pastoral Vermont: The Paintings and Etchings of Luigi Lucioni," May 21–August 9, 2009.
Hunstville, Ala. Huntsville Museum of Art. "An American Romantic: The Art of Luigi Lucioni," July 10–September 25, 2016, no catalogue.
Shelburne, Vt. Shelburne Museum. "Luigi Lucioni: Modern Light," June 25–October 16, 2022, unnumbered cat. (fig. 9).
Edward Alden Jewell. "More Than Soap Bubbles." New York Times (December 28, 1930), ill. p. X12.
Ernestine Fantl. "Not Inaccessible." Parnassus 2 (December 1930), p. 21, ill. p. 51, calls it "Still Life".
"Exhibitions in New York: Young American Painters, Haskell Etchings, Macbeth Galleries." Art News 29 (December 13, 1930), p. 9.
W[illiam]. M. M[illiken]. "The Eleventh Exhibition of Contemporary American Oils." Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 18 (June 1931), p. 114.
"Recent and Current Exhibitions in New York." Parnassus 3 (February 1931), pp. 12–13.
E[manuel]. M. Benson. "A New Yorker Looks His Museums in the Face." American Magazine of Art 27 (October 1934), p. 538.
"J. S. Curry Picture Sold." New York Times (May 30, 1934), p. 15.
"FSCW to Sponsor Exhibit of Art at Jacksonville." Tallahassee Democrat (February 27, 1941), p. 10, calls it "Pear and Pewter".
"Still Life Painting Now on Exhibition at Rutgers Library." Sunday Times (New Brunswick, N.J.) (April 13, 1941), p. 21, calls it "Still Life".
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Miniatures. Vol. 17, album W, Twentieth-Century American Painters. New York, 1950, unpaginated, no. 11, ill. (color).
"Lucioni, Vermont Painter Laureate, Has Anniversary Show in New York." Barre Daily Times (January 6, 1951), p. 3.
Sabine Rewald inStill Life: The Object in American Art, 1915-1995. Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. cat., Marsh Art Gallery, Richmond, Va. New York, 1996, pp. 106, 112, 169, no. 41, ill. p. 113 (color).
Zan Dubin. "The Object Seems to Be Evolutionary." Los Angeles Times (June 28, 1997), p. F18.
Stuart P. Embury, M. D. The Art and Life of Luigi Lucioni: A Contribution Towards a Catalogue Raisonné. 2006, pp. 19, 26, 110–11, 113, no. 30.17, ill. pp. 26, 136.
Katie Wood Kirchhoff inLuigi Lucioni: Modern Light. Ed. Katie Wood Kirchhoff. Exh. cat., Shelburne Museum. Shelburne, Vt., 2022, pp. 45, 56, 63 nn. 9, 11, p. 158, fig. 9 (color).
Luigi Lucioni (American (born Italy) Malnate 1900–1988 New York, New York)
1953
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