The Closed Door
Ernest L. Major, American, 1864 - 1950
about 1914
Oil on canvas
Overall: 24 × 30 1/8 in. (61 × 76.5 cm)
Frame: 32 1/2 × 39 1/4 in. (82.6 × 99.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the niece of the artist
P.951.82
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Painting
Research Area
Painting
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, lower left: E.L. Major
Course History
ANTH 7, The Values of Medicine, Sienna Craig, Winter 2013
ENGL 7, Writing About Art, Brett Gamboa, Winter 2012
SART 25, SART 31, Painting I, II, Summer 2013
ARTH 2, Introduction to the History of Art II, Katie Hornstein, Jane Carroll, Winter 2015
ARTH 2, Introduction to the History of Art II, Joy Kenseth, Mary Coffey, Winter 2016
SART 31, Painting II, Thomas Ferrara, Spring 2019
SART 25.01, Painting I, Danielle Genadry, Summer 2022
Exhibition History
American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, Israel Sack Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 9-December 9, 2007.
Image of Women, Carpenter Gallery, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 30-February 29, 1976.
Israel Sack Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 2, 2009-November 2, 2009.
Picturing Gentility: Portraits of Women in American Art, The Hyde Collection Art Museum, Glens Falls, New York, September 24-November 19, 2000.
Points of View, Art History 2, ARTH 2, Winter 2016, Joy Kenseth and Mary Coffey, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Harrington Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 1-March 13, 2016.
Publication History
Barbara J. MacAdam, American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Muesum of Art, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2007, p. 71, no. 49.
Provenance
The artist, about 1914-1950; bequeathed to his niece, 1950; given to present collection (arranged through William J. Kaula, Executor of the artist's estate), 1951.
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