Piazza San Marco #1-1954 Artist: William Congdon (American, 1912–1998, B.A. 1934)

1954

Modern and Contemporary Art

Not on view
Medium

Oil on board

Dimensions

51 × 56 in. (129.54 × 142.24 cm)

Credit Line

Richard Brown Baker, B.A. 1935, Collection

Accession Number

2008.19.16

Culture
Period

20th century

Classification
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Provenance

Provenance

Betty Parsons Gallery, NY, 12/4/54
Bibliography
  • Daniel Coleman Mason, The Sabbath of History: William Congdon, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Knights of Columbus Museum, 2012), 43, no. 17
  • Johanna Garfield, "'The Jottings of a Poor Scrivener': How Richard Brown Baker's Journals Were Intimately Tied to His Collecting," in "Recent Acquisitions," special issue, Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2008), 42–43, fig. 4
  • "Acquisitions, July 1, 2007–June 30, 2008," in "Recent Acquisitions," special issue, Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2008), 204
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Additional information

Subject

doors piazzas

Signed

signed lower right: "WC/Venice/30-9-54"
signed on back: "WC Piazza S. Marco #1, Venice 1954"

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