Horace Pippin
Shell Holes and Observation Balloon, Champagne Sector
1925
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Horace Pippin
Shell Holes and Observation Balloon, Champagne Sector
1925
Physical Qualities
Oil on muslin, Framed: 29 1/8 x 37 1/2 x 4 1/8 in. (74 x 95.3 x 10.5 cm) Sight: 21 5/8 x 30 in. (54.9 x 76.2 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. John Merryman, Jr.
Object Number
1967.48
Carlen Galleries; Charles E. Cockey, Jr.; Mrs. John Merryman, Jr.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "American Modernism from the Collection," June 25, 2003-
James Smalls, "Henry Ossawa Tanner and his Influence in America," The Baltimore Museum of Art, June 7, 2006 - December 3, 2006.
West Chester Community Center, "Horace Pippin Exhibition," 8 Jun--15 Jul 1937. no.5
Museum of Modern Art, New York, "Masters of Popular Painting," 27 Apr 1938--23 Jun 1939. no.165, ill.;circulation to seven American cities.
Carlen Galleries, Philadelphia, PA. "Horace Pippin Exhibition," 19 Jan--18 Feb 1940, no.9.
The Arts Club of Chicago, "Exhibition of Paintings by Horace Pippin," 9 May--14 Jun 1941, no.2.
Bignou Gallery, New York, "Paintings by Horace Pippin," 30 Sep--12 Oct 1941, no.11.
M. Knoedler and Co., Inc., New York, "Horace Pippin Memorial Exhibition," 29 Sep--11 Oct 1947, no.2.
BMA, "Contemporary Negro Painting," 8 Feb--9 Mar 1948.
The Phillips Collection, Washington DC, 25 Feb--27 Mar 1977; Terry Dintenfass Gallery, New York, 5--30 Apr 1977; Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford, PA, 4 Jun--5 Sep 1977. cat. no. 4, ill. "Horace Pippin."
Stein, Judith E., Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, "I Tell My Heart: The Art of Horace Pippin," 21 Jan--17 Apr 1994, no. 33, ill. p. 61. Circulated to The Art Institute of Chicago, 28 Apr--10 Jul 1994; The Cincinnati Art Museum, 28 Jul--9 Oct 1994; BMA, 26 Oct 1994--1 Jan 1995.; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1 Feb--30 Apr 1995.
James Smalls, "Henry Ossawa Tanner and his Influence in America," The Baltimore Museum of Art, June 7, 2006 - December 3, 2006.
West Chester Community Center, "Horace Pippin Exhibition," 8 Jun--15 Jul 1937. no.5
Museum of Modern Art, New York, "Masters of Popular Painting," 27 Apr 1938--23 Jun 1939. no.165, ill.;circulation to seven American cities.
Carlen Galleries, Philadelphia, PA. "Horace Pippin Exhibition," 19 Jan--18 Feb 1940, no.9.
The Arts Club of Chicago, "Exhibition of Paintings by Horace Pippin," 9 May--14 Jun 1941, no.2.
Bignou Gallery, New York, "Paintings by Horace Pippin," 30 Sep--12 Oct 1941, no.11.
M. Knoedler and Co., Inc., New York, "Horace Pippin Memorial Exhibition," 29 Sep--11 Oct 1947, no.2.
BMA, "Contemporary Negro Painting," 8 Feb--9 Mar 1948.
The Phillips Collection, Washington DC, 25 Feb--27 Mar 1977; Terry Dintenfass Gallery, New York, 5--30 Apr 1977; Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford, PA, 4 Jun--5 Sep 1977. cat. no. 4, ill. "Horace Pippin."
Stein, Judith E., Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, "I Tell My Heart: The Art of Horace Pippin," 21 Jan--17 Apr 1994, no. 33, ill. p. 61. Circulated to The Art Institute of Chicago, 28 Apr--10 Jul 1994; The Cincinnati Art Museum, 28 Jul--9 Oct 1994; BMA, 26 Oct 1994--1 Jan 1995.; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1 Feb--30 Apr 1995.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, "Masters of Popular Painting," 27 Apr 1938--23 Jun 1939. no.165, p.165
Benskin, Elizabeth, and Suzy Wolffe. Teacher's Guide to the American Collection. Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Museum of Art, 2014, pages 79 and 86.
Rodman, Selden, "Horace Pippin: The Artist as a Black American," Garden City, NY: Doubleday. 1972, p 53
Stein, Judith E., "I Tell My Heart: The Art of Horace Pippin." Englewood, NJ: Universe Publishing for Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1994. repro. p. 61.
Soutif, Daniel. "The Color Line: Les Artistes Africains-Américains Et La Ségrégation." Paris: musée du quai Branly; Paris: Flammarion, 2016. p.110
Monahan, Anne. "Horace Pippin, American Modern." New Haven: Yale University Press, 2020. p 33,37,44-46,84,199,247, ill. fig 19 p 45.
Jentleson, Katherine. "Gatecrashers: The Rise of the Self-taught Artsit in America." Oakland, CA: University of California Press, 2020. p. 90,100-105,238. il. p 101, plate 39
On View: American Wing Second Floor, Scott 03
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