Head
John Bernard Flannagan, American, 1895 - 1942
1927
Marble
Overall: 8 7/8 × 1 7/8 × 6 in. (22.6 × 4.7 × 15.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through a gift from Jane P. and W. David Dance, Class of 1940
S.992.7
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Sculpture
Research Area
Sculpture
Not on view
Inscriptions
Not signed.
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.
Aspects of of Sculpture: the Paul Magriel Collection, Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, New York, July 28-September 15, 1985; Museum of Fine Art, Springfield, Massachusetts, September 22-October 27, 1985; Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, November 7-December 15, 1985; Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, Pennsylvania, December 21-February 16, 1986.
Cubism and Its Aftershocks, Citrin Family Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 26, 2019-November 27, 2019.
Israel Sack Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May 22, 1995-March 25, 1996.
John B. Flannagan Sculpture/Drawings, 1924-1938, The Weyhe Gallery, New York City, November 15-December 29, 1973; Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul, January 17-March 17, 1974; Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota, Duluth, April 3-April 30, 1974.
Main Lobby, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 2-October 10, 1994.
Publication History
John T. Spike, Aspects of Sculpture: the Paul Magriel Collection, Florence: Centro Di della Edifimi Srl, 1985, ill. p. 92.
John B. Flannagan Sculpture/Drawings, 1924-1938, St. Paul: Minnesota Museum of Art, 1973, ill. no. 25 (not paginated).
Barbara J. MacAdam, American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Muesum of Art, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2007, p. 128, no. 101.
Provenance
1982, Weyhe Galleries; 1982-1990, Paul Magriel; 1990-1992, Robert Dance, Inc., New York, New York; 1992 purchased by Dartmouth College from Robert Dance, Inc., New York, New York.
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