THE COLOR OF MODERNISM

The American Fauves

April 29 – July 26, 1997

Morgan Russell (1886-1953)
Etude d'Après Matisse, 1909-1911
Oil on board, 13 1/2 x 17 1/4 inches
Inscribed verso: "Etude d'Apres Matisse/This is a Morgan/Russell/Suzanne Russell"
NFS

The Waterfall 13916

Charles Sheeler (1883-1965)
The Waterfall, 1911
Oil on canvas, 14 x 11 3/4 inches
Signed and dated lower right: "Sheeler 1911"
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Anne Estelle Rice (1877-1959)
Le Bouquet, circa 1910-11
Oil on canvas, 30 x 30 inches
Signed verso: "Anne Estelle Rice"
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William E. Schumacher (1870-1931)
Floral Landscape, 1916
Oil on canvas, 42 x 25 inches
Signed lower left: “Schumacher Wm E.”
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Alfred H. Maurer (1868-1932)
Buste de Femme, circa 1910
Oil and tempera on board, 18 x 15 inches
Signed lower left: "A. H. Maurer"
NFS

Stuart Davis (1892-1964)
Bowsprit, 1916
Oil on canvas, 23 3/4 x 19 inches
Signed and dated lower left: "Stuart Davis 1916"
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Konrad Cramer (1888-1963)
Boat in River, circa 1911
Gouache on paper, 11 x 9 1/2 inches
Signed lower right: “CK”
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Middleton Manigault (1887-1922)
Across the Park, 1910
Oil on canvas, 12 1/8 x 15 inches
Signed lower right: "Manigault" / Dated lower left: "1910"
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Manierre Dawson (1887-1969)
Urns, 1911
Oil on canvas, 18 1/2 x 23 1/8 inches
Signed lower left: "M. Dawson"
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Press Release

The Color of Modernism: The American Fauves examines the American Modernists who studied directly under Matisse, and the successive artists who adopted the new liberation of color expounded by the French Fauves.