Manierre Dawson American, 1887-1969
Brown Equation, 1919
Oil on canvas
20 x 18 inches
50.8 x 45.7 cm
50.8 x 45.7 cm
Signed and dated at lower right: M. Dawson '19
Provenance
The artist;Estate of the artist;
Dr. Lewis Obi, Frank McKeown, and Lefferts Mabie, 1978; to
The present owner, 1991 until the present
Exhibitions
Grand Rapids Art Museum, Michigan, Retrospective Paintings by Manierre Dawson, 1966, April 3-24, no. 43Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York, Manierre Dawson: American Pioneer of Abstract Art, October 1-30, 1999, pl. 58
Literature
Henry Adams, "Manierre Dawson, 1887-1969," in Manierre Dawson: American Pioneer of Abstract Art, New York: Hollis Taggart Galleries, 1999, p. 44 illus., pl. 58 illus. in colorRandy 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. 1919.02, p. 248, illus.
This work is assumed to be that recorded in the Dawson Record under the heading "1918": "Brown Equation, 20 x 18, canvas." Although Dawson inscribed this work with the date 1919, he listed it in the Dawson Record with the 1918 works. The artist's earlier listing may indicate his further reworking of the painting before it was signed at a final, 1919 completion.
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