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Title:The Red Goat
Artist:John Alexander (American, born Beaumont, Texas, 1945)
Date:1983
Medium:Oil on canvas
Dimensions:74 x 84 in. (188 x 213.4 cm.)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Purchase, Anonymous Gift, 1983
Object Number:1983.256
Inscription: Signed (verso): 0425.4.83 / John Alexander
the artist, New York (1983; sold through the Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York to MMA)
Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale. "New Narrative Painting: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York," February 9–26, 1984, no. 1 (as "Untitled [Red Goat]").
Gubbio, Italy. Palazzo Ducale. "Dialoghi nell'arte (Dialogues in Art)," June 16–September 30, 1984, unnumbered cat. (p. 101).
Mexico City. Museo Rufino Tamayo. "Nueva Pintura Narrativa: Coleccion del Metropolitan Museum of Art, Nueva York," November–December 1984, no. 1.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Selection Two: Twentieth-Century Art," June 4–September 2, 1985, no catalogue.
Phoenix Museum of Art. "New Narrative Painting: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," March 14–April 27, 1986, unnum. brochure.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The 1980s: A New Generation, American Painters and Sculptors," April 13–July 31, 1988, brochure no. 1.
Tulsa, Okla. Philbrook Museum of Art. "The Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," April 14–June 9, 1991, no. 55.
Miami. Center for the Fine Arts. "The Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," June 29–August 24, 1991, no. 55.
Omaha. Joslyn Art Museum. "The Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," September 14–November 10, 1991, no. 55.
Tampa Museum of Art. "The Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," December 14, 1991–February 8, 1992, no. 55.
Greenville, S. C. Greenville County Museum of Art. "The Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," March 17–May 10, 1992, no. 55.
Madison, Wisc. Madison Art Center. "The Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," June 6–August 2, 1992, no. 55.
Grand Rapids, Mich. Grand Rapids Art Museum. "The Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," September 11–November 8, 1992, no. 55.
William S. Lieberman inDialoghi nell'arte (Dialogues in Art). Exh. cat., Gubbio Palazzo Ducale. Gubbio, 1984, pp. 100–1, ill. (color).
William S. Lieberman. Nueva Pintura Narrativa: Coleccion del Metropolitan Museum of Art, Nueva York. Exh. cat., Museo Rufino Tamayo. Mexico City, 1984, pp. 19, 41, ill.
William S. Lieberman inNew Narrative Painting: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. cat., Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale . Fort Lauderdale, 1984, unpaginated, no. 1, ill. (overall and detail).
Bruce D. Kurtz. New Narrative Painting: Selections from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. brochure, Phoenix Art Museum. Phoenix, 1986, unpaginated, ill.
Roger Bevan. "Museum Review: The Metropolitan Museum: a New Wing for Modern Art." Apollo 127 (January 1988), p. 40, calls it "Red Boat".
Lisa M. Messinger inThe Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. cat., American Federation of Arts. New York, 1991, pp. 125, 146, no. 52, ill. p. 147 (color).
Robert Rosenblum inThe Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. cat., American Federation of Arts. New York, 1991, p. 14.
Eliot Nusbaum. "Joslyn Hosts a Vivid Landscape Show." Des Moines Sunday Register (September 22, 1991), p. 7F.
Mary Ann Marger. "An Artistic Tribute to America." Tampa Bay Times (January 17, 1992), p. 32, calls it "Red Goat".
According to the artist in a questionnaire dated March 5, 1988, this painting "is one of my dark ominous landscapes with startled, half crazed, frightened animals. They are symbols of struggle, tension and conflict. Emotional, political and environmental problems are often the subjects of my paintings. 'The Red Goat' is a perfect example of this. This work as in many of my paintings comes from the experiences I had as a child."
Florine Stettheimer (American, Rochester, New York 1871–1944 New York, New York)
1942
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