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Title:Girl at Sewing Machine
Artist:Moses Soyer (American (born Russia), Borisoglebsk 1899–1974 New York)
Date:1940
Medium:Oil on canvas
Dimensions:16 1/4 × 20 1/2 in. (41.3 × 52.1 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Gift of The Educational Alliance, 1941
Object Number:41.97
Inscription: Signed (lower right): M SOYER
the artist, New York (1940–41); The Educational Alliance, New York (1941; their gift to MMA)
New York. Macbeth Gallery. "An Exhibition of Paintings by Moses Soyer," January 30–February 19, 1940, no. 2 or no. 35 (as "Girl at Sewing Machine [1]" or "Girl at Sewing Machine [2]").
New York. American Fine Arts Building. "National Art Week," November 25–December 1, 1940, no catalogue.
New York. Macbeth Gallery. "Small Paintings by Moses Soyer," April 29–May 12, 1941, no. 20.
New York. Tailored Woman. April 5–19, 1946 [on display in the store window for the MMA Diamond Jubilee Campaign fund].
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "20th Century Painters: A Special Exhibition of Oils, Water Colors and Drawings Selected from the Collections of American Art in the Metropolitan Museum," June 16–October 29, 1950, unnum. brochure (p. 11).
East Hampton, N. Y. Guild Hall. "13 Artists of the Region," August 18–September 3, 1956.
Syracuse University. "Moses Soyer: A Human Approach," January 9–26, 1972, no. 15.
Omaha. Joslyn Museum of Art. "Moses Soyer: A Human Approach," February 13–March 12, 1972, no. 15.
Greensboro. Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina. "Moses Soyer: A Human Approach," May 7–June 18, 1972, no. 15.
Guild Hall of East Hampton. "Moses Soyer: A Human Approach," July 12–August 2, 1972, no. 15.
Little Rock. Arkansas Arts Center. "Moses Soyer: A Human Approach," September 15–October 15, 1972, no. 15.
Birmingham, Ala. Birmingham Museum of Art. "Moses Soyer: A Human Approach," December 3–31, 1972, no. 15.
Canton, Oh. Canton Art Institute. "Moses Soyer: A Human Approach," January 15–February 15, 1973, no. 15.
Southampton, N. Y. Parrish Art Museum. "Twentieth Century American Paintings from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," September 25–December 31, 1977, no. 12 (as "Girl at a Sewing Machine").
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels. "La Peinture Américaine au 20e Siècle de la Collection du Metropolitan Museum of Art," June 28–August 23, 1978, no. 12 (as "Jeune Fille à la Machine à Coudre").
New York. Gallery at District 1199, National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees. "The Working American," October 18–November 24, 1979, no. 32.
Detroit Historical Museum. "The Working American," January 12–February 24, 1980, no. 32.
Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester. "The Working American," March 15–April 27, 1980, no. 32.
Chicago Historical Society. "The Working American," May 17–June 29, 1980, no. 32.
Lexington, Mass. Museum of Our National Heritage. "The Working American," July 19–August 31, 1980, no. 32.
Trenton. New Jersey State Museum. "The Working American," September 20–November 2, 1980, no. 32.
Birmingham, Ala. Birmingham Museum of Art. "The Working American," November 22, 1980–January 4, 1981, no. 32.
New York. ACA Galleries. "Moses Soyer: Important Selected Works," March 3–23, 1985.
Edward Alden Jewell. "With Stress on Ownership of Work: Exhibitions Throughout the Country, Opening Today, Places Emphasis on Purchasers." New York Times (November 24, 1940), p. X9, ill.
Edward Alden Jewell. "Of Old and Contemporary Masters." New York Times (February 4, 1940), p. 127, generally discusses works shown in Exh. New York 1940 (Macbeth Gallery).
J. W. L. "Moses Soyer: Sober and Powerful." Art News 38 (February 10, 1940), p. 13.
Howard Devree. "A Reviewer's Notebook: Brief Comment on Some of the Recently Opened Shows—Society of Illustrators." New York Times (May 4, 1941), p. X10.
Bernard Smith. Moses Soyer. New York, 1944, p. 13, no. 7, ill. p. 22.
Robert Beverly Hale. 100 American Painters of the 20th Century: Works Selected from the Collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1950, ill. p. 78.
Helen A. Harrison inTwentieth Century American Paintings from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. cat., Parrish Art Museum. Southampton, N. Y., 1977, p. 21, no. 12, ill.
Helen A. Harrison inLa Peinture Américaine au 20e Siècle de la Collection du Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. cat., Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels. Brussels, 1978, unpaginated, no. 12, ill., reprints Ref. Harrison 1977.
Moses Soyer (American (born Russia), Borisoglebsk 1899–1974 New York)
ca. 1942
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