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Artist/Maker
Dorothy Shakespear
(British, 1886 – 1973)
Datec. 1914
MediumWatercolor and collage on paper
DimensionsComposition: 13 1/4 × 22 1/4 in. (33.7 × 56.5 cm)
Sheet: 15 1/2 × 22 1/4 in. (39.4 × 56.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Omar S. Pound, Class of 1951
Object number1994.97
Not on view
Collections
Additional Details
Exhibition History
2016
New York, NY (Japan Society). "Chain of Noh: Twilight Project by Simon Starling," October 7, 2016 - January 15, 2017;
2011
Durham, NC (Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University). "Vorticism in London and New York, 1914-1918," September 30, 2010 - January 2, 2011. Traveled to: Venezia, Italy (Peggy Guggenheim Collection), January 29 - May 22, 2011; London, England (Tate Britain), June 22 - September 18, 2011;
1996
Hannover, Germany (Sprengel Museum). "Blast! Vorticism - The First Avant Guarde in England 1914-1918," August 18 - November 3, 1996 (no cat.);
1995
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Landscapes from the Hamilton College Collection," January 16 - April 9, 1995 (no cat.);
1992
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Rebels & Romantics: Some British Moderns and Their Work," June 6 - September 6, 1992 (cat. no. 41);
1974
London, England (Hayward Gallery, organized by the Arts Council of Great Britain), "Vorticism and Its Allies," March 27 - June 2, 1974.
New York, NY (Japan Society). "Chain of Noh: Twilight Project by Simon Starling," October 7, 2016 - January 15, 2017;
2011
Durham, NC (Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University). "Vorticism in London and New York, 1914-1918," September 30, 2010 - January 2, 2011. Traveled to: Venezia, Italy (Peggy Guggenheim Collection), January 29 - May 22, 2011; London, England (Tate Britain), June 22 - September 18, 2011;
1996
Hannover, Germany (Sprengel Museum). "Blast! Vorticism - The First Avant Guarde in England 1914-1918," August 18 - November 3, 1996 (no cat.);
1995
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Landscapes from the Hamilton College Collection," January 16 - April 9, 1995 (no cat.);
1992
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Rebels & Romantics: Some British Moderns and Their Work," June 6 - September 6, 1992 (cat. no. 41);
1974
London, England (Hayward Gallery, organized by the Arts Council of Great Britain), "Vorticism and Its Allies," March 27 - June 2, 1974.
Provenance
1994: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of Omar S. Pound;
c. 1973 - 1994: Omar S. Pound, by inheritance from his mother, Dorothy Shakespear.
c. 1973 - 1994: Omar S. Pound, by inheritance from his mother, Dorothy Shakespear.
Markings
Label: white rectangular adhesive label with black text: "DOROTHY / SHAKESPEAR / POUND / b. 1886" on verso at center.
Published References
Border Crossings Magazine, VORTICULTURALISM: CANADIAN WOMEN VORTICISTS (Arts Manitoba Publications Inc., no. 129, page 62, illus. 1.);
Lea Vaergine, "Un altro tempo. Tra Decadentismo e Modern Style," IL SAGGIATORE (Milan, 2012);
Mark Antliff and Vivien Greene, eds., THE VORTICISTS, exh. cat. (London: Tate Publishing, 2010), p. 1114, illus., 18;
Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, "Acquisitions 1994," FRIENDS OF ART NEWSLETTER (August 1995);
David Lewis, ed., REBELS & ROMANTICS: SOME BRITISH MODERNS AND THEIR WORK, exh. cat. (Clinton, NY: Fred L. Emerson Gallery, 1992), 65.
Lea Vaergine, "Un altro tempo. Tra Decadentismo e Modern Style," IL SAGGIATORE (Milan, 2012);
Mark Antliff and Vivien Greene, eds., THE VORTICISTS, exh. cat. (London: Tate Publishing, 2010), p. 1114, illus., 18;
Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, "Acquisitions 1994," FRIENDS OF ART NEWSLETTER (August 1995);
David Lewis, ed., REBELS & ROMANTICS: SOME BRITISH MODERNS AND THEIR WORK, exh. cat. (Clinton, NY: Fred L. Emerson Gallery, 1992), 65.
Signature
Not signed.
Inscribed
"silver metallic / frame / No mount [sideways]" on verso at upper right in pencil; "#3" on verso at lower right corner in pencil.
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