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Title:Seminole Everglades
Artist:Earl Cunningham (American, 1893–1977)
Date:1945
Medium:Oil on Masonite
Dimensions:22 × 26 in. (55.9 × 66 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Gift of The Honorable Marilyn L. Mennello and Mr. Michael A. Mennello, 1997
Accession Number:1997.162
Inscription: Signed (lower left): EARL CUNNINGHAM
the artist, St. Augustine, Fla. (1945–d. 1977); The Honorable Marilyn L. Mennello and Mr. Michael A. Mennello, Winter Park, Fla. (by 1985–97; their gift to MMA)
New York University. "Earl Cunningham, Folk Artist (1893–1977): His Carefree American World. The Marilyn L. and Michael A. Mennello Collection," March 11–April 4, 1986, no catalogue.
Orlando Museum of Art. "Earl Cunningham, Folk Artist (1893–1977): His Carefree American World. The Marilyn L. and Michael A. Mennello Collection," October 12–26, 1986, no catalogue.
Museum of Arts & Sciences, Daytona Beach. "Earl Cunningham, Folk Artist (1893–1977): His Carefree American World. The Marilyn L. and Michael A. Mennello Collection," March 24–May 31, 1988, no catalogue.
Santa Clara, Calif. Triton Museum of Art. "Earl Cunningham, Folk Artist (1893–1977): His Carefree American World. The Marilyn L. and Michael A. Mennello Collection," December 10, 1988–February 4, 1989, no. 27 (as "Seminole Everglades, Playground," ca. 1945).
Monterey, Calif. Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art. "Earl Cunningham, Folk Artist (1893–1977): His Carefree American World. The Marilyn L. and Michael A. Mennello Collection," February 17–May 14, 1989, no. 27.
La Jolla, Calif. Mingei International Museum of World Folk Art. "Earl Cunningham, Folk Artist (1893–1977): His Carefree American World. The Marilyn L. and Michael A. Mennello Collection," August 5–September 10, 1989, no. 27.
Hunstville, Ala. Huntsville Museum of Art. "Earl Cunningham, Folk Artist (1893–1977): His Carefree American World. The Marilyn L. and Michael A. Mennello Collection," October 8–November 12, 1989, no. 27.
Huntington, W. Va. Huntington Museum of Art. "Earl Cunningham, Folk Artist (1893–1977): His Carefree American World. The Marilyn L. and Michael A. Mennello Collection," May 20–July 15, 1990, no. 27.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The Direct Eye: Self-Taught Artists and Their Influence on Twentieth Century Art," June 19–October 18, 1998, no catalogue.
Orlando, Fla. Mennello Museum of American Art. "Earl Cunningham: Dreams Realized," November 20, 1998–March 28, 1999, unnumbered cat. (fig. 21).
Washington, D. C. Smithsonian American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery. "Earl Cunningham's America," August 10–November 4, 2007, unnumbered cat. (fig. 25).
New York. American Folk Art Museum. "Earl Cunningham's America," March 4–August 31, 2008, unnumbered cat.
Cooperstown, N. Y. Fenimore Art Museum. "Earl Cunningham's America," September 26–December 30, 2008, unnumbered cat.
Orlando, Fla. Mennello Museum of American Art. "Earl Cunningham's America," March 6–August 2, 2009, unnumbered cat.
Philip E. Bishop. "Florida Artist's Painting Finds a Prestigious Home." Orlando Sentinel (July 13, 1997), ill.
Virginia M. Mecklenburg inEarl Cunningham's America. Exh. cat., Smithsonian American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery. Washington, D.C., 2007, pp. 42, 48, fig. 25 (color).
The Honorable Marilyn Logsdon Mennello. The Collector's Story: Earl Cunningham (1893–1977). Orlando, [2008], unpaginated, ill. (color), dates it about 1945.
Georgia O'Keeffe (American, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin 1887–1986 Santa Fe, New Mexico)
1927
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