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Title:Gabriel
Artist:Franklin Watkins (American, New York, New York 1894–1972)
Date:ca. 1935
Medium:Oil on canvas
Dimensions:36 × 40 in. (91.4 × 101.6 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Arthur Hoppock Hearn Fund, 1950
Object Number:50.34.2
Inscription: Signed (lower right): FW
[Frank K. M. Rehn Gallery, New York, by 1938–50; sold to MMA]
Pittsburgh. Carnegie Institute. "The 1935 International Exhibition of Paintings," October 17–December 8, 1935, no. 37.
Philadelphia. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. "132nd Annual Exhibition," January 24–February 28, 1937, no. 32.
Northampton, Mass. Smith College Museum of Art. "Franklin Watkins: 1st New England Exhibition," April 11–25, 1938, no. 3 (lent by Mr. Frank K. M. Rehn).
Museum of Modern Art, New York. "Franklin C. Watkins," March 21–June 11, 1950, no. 17 (lent by the Frank K. M. Rehn Galleries, New York).
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. 12).
Seattle Art Museum. "Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture," February 4–April 5, 1953, unnum. brochure.
Kent, Conn. Kent School. "American Painting, 1906–1956," September 12–November 29, 1955, no catalogue.
Milwaukee. Brooks Memorial Union, Marquette University. "75 Years of American Painting," April 22–May 3, 1956, no. 72.
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. 27).
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. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "American Painting: 1905–1950," April 19–October 7, 1991, no catalogue.
Ernest Brace. "Franklin Watkins." American Magazine of Art 29 (November 1936), p. 728.
Robert Beverly Hale. 100 American Painters of the 20th Century: Works Selected from the Collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1950, ill. p. 66.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Miniatures. Vol. 17, album W, Twentieth-Century American Painters. New York, 1950, unpaginated, no. 9, ill. (color).
Doris Brian. "The Metropolitan's American Policy—A Long View, No Blind Flying." Art Digest 24 (July 1, 1950), p. 9.
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. 10, 13, 26–27, ill.
John Brandenburg. "Museum's Offerings Tell Story of 20th Century America." Daily Oklahoman/Times (May 30, 1985), p. 15.
Michael Brenson. "Back in the City, a Display of the Figure in Modern Art." New York Times (August 2, 1985), p. C21.
Ellsworth Kelly (American, Newburgh, New York 1923–2015 Spencertown, New York)
1963
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