Designer:Ralph Barton (American, Kansas City, Missouri 1891–1931 New York)
Manufacturer:Stehli Silks Corporation
Date:1925
Medium:Printed silk
Dimensions:37 3/4 x 29 in. (95.9 x 73.7 cm)
Classification:Textiles-Printed
Credit Line:Gift of Stehli Silks Corp., 1927
Accession Number:27.149.11
the manufacturer (1925–27; their gift to MMA)
Grey Art Gallery and Study Center, New York University Faculty of Arts and Science. "Changes in Perspective: 1880–1925," May 2–June 2, 1978, unnumbered cat.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "American Modern, 1925–1940: Design for a New Age," May 16, 2000–January 7, extended to February 4, 2001, unnumbered cat. (p. 82).
Flint. Flint Institute of Arts. "American Modern, 1925–1940: Design for a New Age," September 14–December 16, 2001, unnumbered cat.
Charlotte. Mint Museum of Craft and Design. "American Modern, 1925–1940: Design for a New Age," May 3–July 28, 2002, unnumbered cat.
Utica. Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute. "Roaring into the Future: New York 1925–35," June 18–October 9, 2017, no catalogue.
John Russell. "Art: Witnesses to the Whirlwind." New York Times (May 5, 1978), p. C18.
Sarah Marie Horne. ""It's Styled by Helen Dryden": The Fine Art of Good Taste." PhD diss., University of Missouri, 2018, p. 89, fig. 66.
Romare Bearden (American, Charlotte, North Carolina 1911–1988 New York)
1971
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