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paintings (visual works)

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Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Unique works in which images are formed primarily by the direct application of pigments suspended in oil, water, egg yolk, molten wax, or other liquid, arranged in masses of color, onto a generally two-dimensional surface.

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Oil Paintings by Alexander Brook, June 1-30, 1931

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An exhibition of 31 paintings by American artist Alexander Brook, lent by the Downtown Gallery of New York City. The exhibition records span 4 folders plus clippings.

Dates: June 1-30, 1931

Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings by Samuel Halpert, July 4-[August 9], 1931

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A retrospective exhibition of 27 paintings by the American artist Samuel Halpert, lent by the Downtown Gallery of New York City, which was founded by Halpert's widow Edith Gregot Halpert. The exhibition records span 6 folders plus clippings.

Dates: July 4-[August 9], 1931

Retrospective Exhibition of the Paintings of Jules Pascin, April 8-May 7, 1931

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A retrospective exhibition of paintings by the late Bulgaria-born American artist Jules Pascin, lent by the Downtown Gallery of New York City. The exhibition records span 6 folders.

Dates: April 8-May 7, 1931

The Museum's Contemporary American Acquisitions, January 20-February 28, 1949

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An exhibition of paintings by Walter Stuempfig, Ben Shahn, Yves Tenguy, and Charles Howard purchased from the Third Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Painting (1948).

Dates: January 20-February 28, 1949

Watercolors in the Modern Idiom, February 5-28, 1932

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A circuit exhibition by the American Federation of Arts of 39 watercolor paintings. The exhibition records span 2 folders.

Dates: February 5-28, 1932