Manierre Dawson American, 1887-1969
Mex Theme, 1933
Oil on wood relief
22⅜ x 28¾ inches
56.8 x 73 cm
56.8 x 73 cm
Signed twice at lower left: Dawson
Provenance
The artist;Estate of the artist;
Dr. Lewis Obi, Frank McKeown, and Lefferts Mabie, 1978; to
The present owner, 1991
Exhibitions
Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York, Manierre Dawson: American Pioneer of Abstract Art, October 1-30, 1999Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, Indiana, Manierre Dawson: American Pioneer of Abstract Art, December 1-30, 2000, pl. 65
Hollis Taggart Galleries, Chicago, Manierre Dawson: New Revelations, May 1-June 15, 2003, no. 23
Literature
Hollis Taggart and Vivian Bullaudy, essays by Henry Adams and Randy J. Ploog, Manierre Dawson: American Pioneer of Abstract Art, New York: Hollis Taggart Galleries, 1999, pl. 65Randy J. Ploog and Henry Adams, Manierre Dawson: New Revelations, New York: Hollis Taggart Galleries, 2003, pl. 23
Randy J. Ploog and Myra Bairstow, Manierre Dawson (1887-1969): A Catalogue Raisonné, Jacksonville, Florida: The Three Graces, LLC in association with Hollis Taggart Galleries, 2011, no. 1933.02, p. 259, illus.
This work is recorded in the Dawson Record under the heading "1933": "Mex Theme, 22 1/8 x 28 1/8, carved painted pine."
