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Title:Cuban Nude
Artist:Bernard Karfiol (American (born Hungary), Budapest 1886–1952 Irvington-on-Hudson, New York)
Date:1935–37
Medium:Oil on canvas
Dimensions:36 × 50 in. (91.4 × 127 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:George A. Hearn Fund, 1937
Object Number:37.76
Inscription: Signed (lower left): Karfiol
the artist, New York (until 1937; sold through the Downtown Gallery, New York to MMA)
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. 7).
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Three Centuries of American Painting," April 9–October 17, 1965, unnum. checklist.
New York. Forum Gallery. "Bernard Karfiol (1886–1952)," January 17–February 6, 1976, brochure no. 11.
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. 123).
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.
"Metropolitan Will Display 17 U.S. Paintings." New York Herald Tribune (May 29, 1937), p. 30.
Carlyle Burrows. "Hearn Paintings at the Metropolitan." New York Herald Tribune (May 30, 1937), p. E6.
Edward Alden Jewell. "American Artists Show Works Here." New York Times (May 29, 1937), p. 15.
Edward Alden Jewell. "Metropolitan Purchases: Museum Displays Its Recently Acquired Paintings by Living American Artists." New York Times (May 30, 1937), p. X7, ill.
"American Art Exhibited at Metropolitan." Brooklyn Daily Eagle (May 30, 1937), p. 6C.
Martha Davidson. "The Pantheon of Living Native Art." Art News 35 (May 29, 1937), p. 10, ill. p. 8.
Harry B. Wehle. "National Art Week and the Museum: Trends in American Painting." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 35 (November 1940), ill. p. 11.
Carlyle Burrows. "The Re-arranged American Rooms at the Metropolitan." New York Herald Tribune (August 31, 1941), p. E5.
Henry Geldzahler. American Painting in the Twentieth Century. New York, 1965, pp. 87–88, ill.
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. 122–23.
John Brandenburg. "Museum's Offerings Tell Story of 20th Century America." Daily Oklahoman/Times (May 30, 1985), p. 15.
Norman Lewis (American, New York 1909–1979 New York)
1978
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