Conrad Marca-Relli
The Arrival
1958
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Artist
Conrad Marca-Relli
(American, 1913–2000)
- Title The Arrival
- Date 1958
- Medium Stained cotton collaged onto canvas
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Dimensions
framed | 70 1/4 x 71 3/4 x 1 3/4 in.
unframed | 69 1/8 x 70 1/2 in.
- Credit line University purchase, Bixby Fund, 1959
- Object number WU 3881
Roma / New York, 1953–1964
David Zwirner Gallery, 537 W. 20th Street (New York, New York), 01/12/2023 - 02/25/2023
Frederick Hartt and American Abstraction in the 1950s: Building the Collection at Washington University in St. Louis
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis, 05/04/2012 - 08/27/2012
Abstract Expressionism: American Art in the 1950s and 1960s
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis, 01/17/1997 - 04/06/1997
Modernism at Midstream: From Europe to America and Back Again
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis, 09/04/1983 - 11/06/1983
The Centennial Exhibition
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis, 05/15/1981 - 10/11/1981
Cubist, Expressionist, and Surrealist Paintings and Sculptures
Washington University Collection of Modern Paintings and Sculpture from Daumier to Pollock
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 04/06/1966 - 05/08/1966
Expressionism: Force of the Fifties
Charlotte Crosby Kemper Gallery, Kansas City Art Institute (Kansas City, Missouri), 01/13/1965 - 02/04/1965
Between the Fairs: 25 Years of American Art, 1939–1964
Whitney Museum of American Art, 06/01/1964 - 09/23/1964
American Painting 1910–1960: A Special Exhibition Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Association of College Unions
Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University (Bloomington, Indiana), 04/19/1964 - 05/10/1964
Opening Exhibition of Mark C. Steinberg Memorial Hall
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis, 04/29/1960
Exhibition of Contemporary Art
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis, 05/01/1959 - 05/31/1959
1958 Pittsburgh Bicentennial International Exhibition of Contemporary Painting and Sculpture
Carnegie Museum of Art, 12/05/1958 - 02/08/1959
1959
Samuel Kootz Gallery, New York
Inscription [verso, center of upper stretcher, written in black paint:] MARCA-RELLI [On crossbar:] THE ARRIVAL [large space] 69"x70" [UL stretcher:] L-3-58
Inscription [verso, left of top stretcher, written in white chalk:] 498- [layered:] KOOTZ / 6CARH [center of top stretcher:] 4463--1 [left of top stretcher:] WHITNEY [?, smeared]
Inscription [verso, left of top stretcher, written in pencil:] Box 62
Inscription [verso, left of top stretcher, written in pencil:] MR 28 [circled with an oval]
Inscription [verso, left of top stretcher, written in pencil:] GAll I-278
Inscription [verso, bottom of right stretcher, written in red paint:] WU 3881
Inscription [Washington University info and label on backing]
Inscription [verso, upper right of backing, white rectangular label with orange print] [printed in white on orange background:] ALLIED VAN LINES / GENERAL VAN / AND / STORAGE / [V-shaped insignia with a shield at the point of the V] / [under left side of V:] 75 YEARS [under right side of V:] IN ST. LOUIS / FOrest 7-4300 / [printed in orange on white background:] FLOOR [vertical dividing line] ROOM [vertical dividing line] PIECE NO. / [written in blue pen:] MARCA-RELLI to / NELSON GAL. / [printed in orange:] DEPARTMENT [written in blue pen:] KANSAS CITY
Inscription [verso, UR of backing, yellowed white rectangular label] [typewritten in black ink:] 1958 Pittsburgh International Exhibition / of Contemporary Painting and Sculpture / Dec. 4, 1958 - [large space] - F[text obscured by tear]. 8, 1959 / [in black print:] REG. NO. [written in black wax pencil:] 18 [in black print.:] CASE NO. [written in black wax pencil:] HK / [in black print:] DEPARTMENT OF FINE ARTS / CARNEGIE INSTITUTE, PITTSBURGH, PA., U.S.A. / PAINTER [written in blue pen:] CONRAD MARCA-RELLI / [in black print:] TITLE [written in blue pen:] THE ARRIVAL / ARTIST / c/o KOOTZ GALLERY / [in black print:] ATTACH SECURELY: ONE LABEL TO STRETCHER, ANOTHER TO FRAME / [LR of label] [in black print:] Form I-22 5-55-1m [LL of label, a red circular sticker] [LR of label, a blue circular sticker]
Inscription [Signed recto LR in black paint:] Marca-Relli
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