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Hannes Beckmann, American (born Germany), 1909 - 1977

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1967

Acrylic and oil on canvas on board

Overall: 42 × 62 1/2 in. (106.7 × 158.8 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the artist

P.969.44

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Painting

Research Area

Painting

Not on view

Inscriptions

Signed and dated, in lower left: h.b.67

Exhibition History

Artists at Dartmouth, A Retrospective of Selected Artists-in-Residence at Darthmouth College since 1962, Jaffe-Friede Gallery, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September-October, 1971; Boston City Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, October 14-30, 1971; Montgomery Museum, Montgomery, Alabama, April-May 1972.

Contemporary Art from the College Collection, Jaffe-Friede Gallery, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, August 31-September 10, 1972.

Hannes Beckman Paintings at Dartmouth, 1971-1975, Carpenter Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 3-November 30, 1975; Nashua Arts and Science Center, Nashua, New Hampshire, December 5-Janaury 11, 1976; Danforth Museum, Framingham, Massachusetts, Janaury 16-February 29, 1976; Johnson Gallery, Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont, March 7-March 31, 1976.

Publication History

Brian P. Kennedy and Emily Shubert Burke, Modern and Contemporary Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2009 p.45, no.24.

Peter Smith and Mathew Wysocki, Artists at Dartmouth, A retrospective of selected Artist-in-Residence at Dartmouth College since 1962, Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 1971, ill. no. page number.

Provenance

The artist (1909-1977), Hanover, New Hampshire; sold to present collection, 1969.

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