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James Brooks, American, 1906 - 1992

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1951

Oil on canvas

Overall: 16 9/16 × 23 1/16 in. (42.1 × 58.5 cm)

Frame: 17 13/16 × 24 3/16 in. (45.2 × 61.4 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Jeffrey R. Brown, Class of 1961

P.996.39

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Painting

Research Area

Painting

Not on view

Inscriptions

Signed, lower left: J. Brooks

Course History

SART 31, SART 72, Painting II, Painting III, Jennifer Caine, Fall 2014

SART 31, 72, Painting II, III, Jennifer Caine, Winter 2019

Exhibition History

A Space for Dialogue 38, Open to Interpretation, The Experience of Gestural Abstraction, Alexandra Franco, Class of 2007, The Homma Family Intern, Hanover, New Hampshire: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, May 8-July 8, 2007.

Publication History

Alexandra Franco, A Space for Dialogue 38, Open to Interpretation, The Experience of Gestural Abstraction, Hanover, New Hampshire: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, ill. p. 1.

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.211, no.278.

Provenance

Lillian Berliawsky, Camden, Maine; sold by her estate [through ABCD Books, Camden, Maine), August 1993; Jeffrey R. Brown, Milton, Massachusetts; given to present collection, 2003.

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