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Florine Stettheimer (American, Rochester, New York 1871–1944 New York, New York)

Date:
1942
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
H. 60-1/4, W. 50-1/4 inches (153 x 127.6 cm.)
Classification:
Paintings
Credit Line:
Gift of Ettie Stettheimer, 1953
Accession Number:
53.24.1

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 908

  • Description

    With her insider's wit, Stettheimer created a fantastical portrait of the New York art world in 1942. Microcosms of three of the city's major museums and their collections are watched over by their directors: the Museum of Modern Art (upper left), The Metropolitan Museum of Art (center), and the Whitney Museum of American Art (upper right). Gathered around the Metropolitan's grand staircase is a coterie of art critics, dealers, and photographers of the day as well as Stettheimer herself (lower right). Like the other three Cathedrals, this canvas is surrounded by a gilded frame of the artist's design.

  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Signature: Signed and dated (upper left): FLORINE/S (center): 19 Museum 42

  • Exhibition History

    New York: Katonah Museum of Art. ¦Friends and Family Portraiture in the World of Florine Stettheimer¦, September 19-November 28, 1993, by Barbara J. Bloemink. Pg. 18, fig. 9.

    New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, July 12 - November 5, 1995. "Florine Stettheimer: Manhattan Fantastica"

    New York: The Jewish Museum, March 4-July 10, 2005; The Power of
    Conservation: Jewish Woman and Their Salons. Fig. 140, p. 136; pp.126-
    136, Stettheimer discussed, biography pp. 205-206.

  • References

    Berman, Avis. Rebels on Eighth Street: Juliana Force and the Whitney Museum of American Art. New York: Atheneum, 1990. discussed in text pp. 461-463, ill. (b/w) p. 462.

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