John Atherton (1900-1952)
John Atherton (1900-1952)

Object Construction

Details
John Atherton (1900-1952)
Object Construction
signed and dated 'Atherton 1940' (lower right)
tempera on masonite
12 x 10 in. (30.5 x 25.4 cm.)
Provenance
[With]Julien Levy Gallery, New York, circa 1941.
[With]The Downtown Gallery, New York, circa 1971.
[With]Terry Dintenfass, Inc., New York, circa 1976.
Private collection, Washington, D.C.
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York, 2000.
Private collection, Michigan.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Literature
Whitney Museum of American Art, Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture and Watercolors, Drawings, and Prints, exhibition checklist, New York, 1941, no. 57.
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, La Pintura Contemporánea Norteamericana, exhibition catalogue, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1941, p. 107, illustrated.
(Possibly) Julien Levy Gallery, Paintings by John Atherton, exhibition checklist, New York, 1942, no. 2.
Exhibited
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture and Watercolors, Drawings, and Prints, January 15-February 19, 1941, no. 57.
Buenos Aires, Argentina, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, and elsewhere, La Pintura Contemporánea Norteamericana, July 3-August 1, 1941.
(Possibly) New York, Julien Levy Gallery, Paintings by John Atherton, March 1942, no. 2.

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