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Three Centuries of American Painting THREE CENTURIES OF AMERICAN PAINTING THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART APRIL 9 OCTOBER 17 THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM Cr ART AR C nI . For additional information about many of the paintings and pieces of sculpture in the exhibition, see the following; Available at The Metropolitan Museum Art and Book Shops. 1. Albert T. Gardner and Stuart P. Feld, American Paintings: A Catalogue of the Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume One (covering paintings by artists born by 1815) (Metropolitan Museum, 1965). Cloth, $7.50. Paper, $2.95. Volumes Two and Three are in preparation. 2. Henry Geldzahler, American Paintina in the Twentieth Century (Metropolitan Muse 1965). Cloth, $7.50. Paper, $2.95. 3. Albert T. Gardner, American Sculpture (Metropolitan Museum, 1965). Cloth, $7.50. Paper, $2.95. 4. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, BULLETIN, April 1965. $.50 5. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Guide to the Collections, American Paintings, 1962, $.35 6. Edward Joseph Gallagher III Memorial Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, $.50 American paintings of the 17th, 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries are on exhibition in the Harry Payne Bingham Special Exhibition Galleries in the south wing (Wing K), second floor. American paintings of the 20th century are on exhibition in the Morgan Wing Galleries in the north wing (Wing F), second floor. ABBEY, Edwin Austin (1852-1911) K-9 AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851) K-5 King Lear's Daughters Ivory-billed Woodpeckers Dated 1898 Rogers Fund, 1941 Gift of George A. Hearn, 1913 13.140 41.18 ALBERS, Josef (1888- ) AUDUBON, John Woodhouse (1812-1862) and K-6 Homage to the Square: Precinct AUDUBON, Victor Giffordd809-1860) Datedl846 Dated 1951 Hudson's Bay Lemming George A. Hearn Fund, 1953 53.174.2 Gift of Mrs. Darwin Morse, 1963 63.200.1 ALBERS, Josef (1888- ) AVERY, Milton (1893-1965) F Homage to the Square: With Rays Green Sea Dated 1959 Dated 1954 Arthur H. Hearn Fund, 1959 59.160 Arthur H. Hearn Fund, 1954 54.111 ALBERS, Josef (1888- ) F BADGER, Joseph (1708-1765) K-2 Homage to the Sguare: Young James Badger Dated 1952 Dated 1760 George A. Hearn Fund, 1953 53.174.1 Rogers Fund, 1929 29.85 ALBRIGHT, Ivan (1897- ) F BAKER, George Augustus Jr. (1821-1880) K-6 Fleeting Time Thou Hast Left Me Old Mrs. William Loring Andrews 1929-1930 About 1865 George A. Hearn Fund, 1950 50.95 Gift of Jane E. Decker, 1940 40.144 ALEXANDER, Henry (1860-1895) K-6 BAKER, George Augustus Jr. (1821-1880) K-6 The Laboratory of Thomas Price Portrait of the Artist About 1887 Lent by the National Academy of Design, 1965 Alfred N. Punnett Endowment Fund, 1939 39.46 S.L.65.4.1 ALEXANDER, John White (1856-1915) K-10 BAZIOTES, William (1912-1963) F Géraldine Russell Dragon About 1902-1903 Dated 1950 Gift of Charles H. Russell, 1964 64.117 Arthur H. Hearn Fund, 1950 50.27 ALEXANDER, John White (1856-1915) K-10 BEAL, Gifford (1879-1956) K-10 Study in Black and Green The Albany Boat About 1908 Dated 1915 George A. Hearn Fund, 1908 08.1391 George A. Hearn Fund, 1917 17.48.1 ALLSTON, Washington (1779-1843) K-5 BEAUX, Cecelia (1855-1942) K-10 The Spanish Girl in Reverie Ernesta with Nurse 1831 Dated 1894 Gift of Lyman G. Bloommgdale, 1901 01.7.2 Maria DeWitt Jesup Fund, 1965 65.49 ALLSTON, Washington (1779-1843) K-4 BELLOWS, George (1882-1925) A Study from Life Mrs. Chester Dale (Maud Murray, 1883-1953) About 1802-1803 1919 Gift of the Allston Trust, 1956 56.53 Gift of the Chester Dale Collection, 1954 54.196.2 AMES, Ezra (1768-1836) K-4 BELLOWS, George (1882-1925) Philip Van Cortlandt Padre About 1810 1917 Gift of Christian A. Zabriskie, 1940 40.94 Rogers Fund, 1941 41.81 BELLOWS, George (1882-1925) F BLAKELOCK, Ralph Albert (1847-1919) K-8 Up the Hudson Indian Encampment 1908 Gift of George A. Hearn, 1906 Gift of Hugo Reisinger, 1911 11.17 06.1269 BENBRIDGE, Henry (1744-1812) K-2 BLAKELOCK, Ralph Albert (1847-1919) K-8 Mrs. Benjamin Simons II A Waterfall, Moonlight About 1771-1773 Before 1886 Fletcher Fund, 1929 29.58 Bequest of Eda K. Loeb, 1952 52.48.2 BENTON, Thomas Hart (1889- F BLUME, Peter (1906- ) Cotton Pickers, Georgia South of Scranton About 1932 Dated 1931 George A. Hearn Fund, 1933 33.144.2 George A. Hearn Fund, 1942 42.155 BENTON, Thomas Hart (1889- F BLYTHE, David Gilmore (1815-1865) K-6 July Hay Corn Husking Dated 1943 Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Fund, 1957 George A. Hearn Fund, 1943 43.159.1 57.19 BERMAN, Eugene (1899- ) F BOETTICHER, Otto (ca. 1816-after 1864) K-12 Muse of the Western World 7th Regiment on Review, Washington Square, Dated 1942 New York Dated 1851 George A. Hearn Fund, 1943 43.159.2 Bequest of Edward W. C. Arnold, 1954 54.90.295 BIERSTADT, Albert (1830-1902) K-7 BOGGS, Frank (1855-1926) K-8 Merced River, Yosemite Valley On the Thames Dated 1866 Dated 1883 Gift of the Sons of William Paton, 1909 09.214.1 George A. Hearn Fund, 1909 09.26.2 BIERSTADT, Albert (1830-1902) K-7 BOUCHE, Louis (1896- ) F The Rocky Mountains Ten Cents a Ride Dated 1863 1942 Rogers Fund, 1907 07.123 George A. Hearn Fund, 1942 42.157 BINGHAM, George Caleb (1808-1879) K-6 BROOKS, James (1906- ) Fur Traders Descending the Missouri Ainlee About 1845 1957 Morris K. Jesup Fund, 1933 33.61 George A. Hearn Fund, 1957 57.48 BISHOP, Isabel (1902- ) F BROWN, George Lonng (1814-1889) K-6 Two Girls View at Amalfi, Bay of Salerno 1935 Dated 1857 Arthur H. Hearn Fund, 1936 36.27 Gift of William Church Osborn, 1903 03.34 BLACKBURN, Joseph (active in America 1754-1763) BROWN, John George (1831-1913) K-6 Mrs. David Chesebrough K-2 The Music Lesson Dated 1754 Dated 1870 Gift of Sylvester Dering, 1916 16.68.3 Gift of Colonel Charles A. Fowler, 1921 21.115.3 BLACKBURN, Joseph (active in America 1754-1763) BROWN, Mather (1761-1831) K-3 Mary Sylvester K-2 Lady with a Dog Probably 1754 Dated 1786 Gift of Sylvester Dering, 1916 16.68.2 Bertram F. and Susie Brummer Foundation, Inc., Gift, 1964 64.129 BROWN, Mather (1761-1831) K-3 CATLIN, George (1796-1872) K-6 Thomas Jefferson See-non-ty-a, Iowa Medicine Man Dated 1786 1845 Lent by Charles Francis Adams, 1965 S.L.65.11 Lent anonymously, 1965 S.L.65.22 BRUCE, Patrick Henry (1881-1937) F CHAMBERS, Thomas (1815-after 1866) K-l2 Still Life The Constitution and the Guerrière About 1928 Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler George A. Hearn Fund, 1961 61.67 Garbisch, 1962 62.256.5 BRUSH, George De Forest (1855-1941) K-ll CHASE, William Merritt (1849-1916) K-10 In the Garden At the Seaside Dated 1906 About 1892 Gift of George A. Hearn, 1906 06.1218 Lent by Adelaide Milton De Groot, 1952 L.52.24.137 BURCHFIELD, Charles (1893- ) CHASE, William Merritt ( 1849-1916) K-l 0 The Coming of Spring Mrs. Chase in Prospect Park Dated 1917-1943 Gift of Chester Dale, 1963 George A. Hearn Fund, 1943 43.159.6 63.138.2 CARLES, Arthur B. (1882-1952) CHASE, William Merritt (1849-1916) K-10 L'Eglise The Hall at Shinnecock About 1910 About 1895 Arthur H. Hearn Fund, 1962 62.203 Amelia B. Lazarus Fund, 1913 13.90 CARLIN, John (1813-1891) K-l 2 CHASE, William Merritt (1849-1916) K-9 After a Long Cruise Still Life: Fish Dated 1857 George A. Hearn Fund, 1908 Maria DeWitt Jesup Fund, 1949 49.126 08.139.2 CASSATT, Mary (1845-1926) K-10 CHASE, William Merritt (1849-1916) K-9 The Cup of Tea James Abbott McNeill Whistler About 1879 Dated 1885 Anonymous Gift, 1922 22.16.17 Bequest of William H. Walker, 1918 18.22,2 CASSATT, Mary (1845-1926) K-10 CHURCH, Frederic Edwin (1826-1900) K-7 Lady at the Tea Table Heart of the Andes 1883-1885 Dated 1859 Gift of the Artist, 1923 23.101 Bequest of Mrs. David Dows, 1909 09.95 CASSATT, Mary (1845-1926) K-10 CHURCH, Frederic Edwin (1826-1900) K-6 Portrait of a Young Girl The Parthenon About 1899 Dated 1871 Anonymous Gift, 1922 22.16.18 Bequest of Maria DeWitt Jesup, 1915 15.30.67 CASSATT, Mary (1845-1926) K-10 CHURCH, Frederic Edwin (1826-1900) K-7 Young Mother Sewing Rainy Season in the Tropics About 1903 Dated 1866 Bequest of Mrs. H. 0. Havemeyer, 1929 Lent by J. William Middendorf III, 1965 The H. 0. Havemeyer Collection 29.100.48 S.L.65.32 CATLIN, George (1796-1872) K-6 COLE, Thomas (1801-1848) K-7 Mu-hu-she-kaw, The White Cloud, Chief of the Iowas Landscape - The Fountain of Vaucluse 1845 Dated 1841 Lent anonymously, 1965 S.L.65.21 Gift of William E. Dodge, 1903 03.32.2 COLE, Thomas (1801-1848) K-6 COPLEY, John Sinqleton (1738-1815) K-13 The Mountain Ford The Return of Neptune Dated 1846 About 1753 Bequest of Maria DeWitt Jesup, 1915 Gift of Mrs. Orme Wilson, in memory of her parents, 15.30.63 Mr. and Mrs. J. Nelson Borland, 1959 59.198 (on exhibition from April 9 through September 1) COLE, Thomas (1801-1848) K-7 COPLEY, John Sinqleton (1738-1815) K-13 The Oxbow (The Connecticut River Near Northampton) Judith Sargent Dated 1836 About 1767 Gift of Mrs.
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