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Title:The Homestead
Artist:Frederic M. Grant (American, Sibley, Iowa 1886–1959 Oakland, California)
Date:ca. 1930
Medium:Oil on canvas
Dimensions:46 × 50 in. (116.8 × 127 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Gift of George D. Pratt, 1933
Object Number:33.94
Inscription: Signed (verso): Frederic M. Grant
[Grand Central Galleries, New York by 1932–33; sold in 1933 to Pratt]; George D. Pratt, New York (1933; his gift to MMA)
Art Institute of Chicago. "Thirty-Fifth Annual Exhibition by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity," January 29–March 1, 1931, no. 77 (as "Homestead").
Circulating exhibition. "20 Contemporary American Paintings from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," August 1949–April 1950, including the following venues.
Nashville, Tenn. Watkins Institute. "20 Contemporary American Paintings from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," October 7–31, 1949, no catalogue.
Columbia. Maxcy College, University of South Carolina. "20 Contemporary American Paintings from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," November 9–December 3, 1949, no catalogue.
Milwaukee Art Museum. "Reflections on the Milwaukee Journal Gallery of Wisconsin Art," November 14, 1982–January 2, 1983, unnumbered cat. (p. 28).
Tulsa, Okla. Philbrook Museum of Art. "The Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," April 14–June 9, 1991, no. 21.
Miami. Center for the Fine Arts. "The Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," June 29–August 24, 1991, no. 21.
Omaha. Joslyn Art Museum. "The Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," September 14–November 10, 1991, no. 21.
Tampa Museum of Art. "The Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," December 14, 1991–February 8, 1992, no. 21.
Greenville, S. C. Greenville County Museum of Art. "The Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," March 17–May 10, 1992, no. 21.
Madison, Wisc. Madison Art Center. "The Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," June 6–August 2, 1992, no. 21.
Grand Rapids, Mich. Grand Rapids Art Museum. "The Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," September 11–November 8, 1992, no. 21.
Albany. New York State Museum. "20th Century American Landscapes from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," May 31–October 14, 2001, not in brochure.
"Work of Chicago Artists." Chicago Sunday Tribune (February 1, 1931), p. 4, part 8, ill.
Charles L. Fontenay. "Dr. Dutch's Talk, Preview Mark Exhibit Opening." Nashville Tennessean (October 8, 1949), p. 5.
Lisa M. Messinger inThe Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. cat., American Federation of Arts. New York, 1991, p. 61.
Lowery Stokes Sims inThe Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. cat., American Federation of Arts. New York, 1991, p. 71, no. 21, ill. pp. 60, 70 (color, overall and detail).
Robert Rosenblum inThe Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. cat., American Federation of Arts. New York, 1991, p. 11.
John Brandenburg. "Art Review: Philbrook Show Features 60 Landscape Paintings." Daily Oklahoman (May 29, 1991), p. 13.
Eliot Nusbaum. "Joslyn Hosts a Vivid Landscape Show." Des Moines Sunday Register (September 22, 1991), p. 7F.
Florine Stettheimer (American, Rochester, New York 1871–1944 New York, New York)
1942
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