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Artist/Maker
Dorothy Shakespear
(British, 1886 – 1973)
DateJuly 1914
MediumWatercolor and graphite on paper
DimensionsComposition/Sheet: 25.4 x 35.6 cm (10 x 14 in.)
Frame: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)
Credit LineExtended loan from the estate of Omar S. Pound, Class of 1951
Object numberEL 1995.1
Not on view
Additional Details
Exhibition History
1997
Nacogdoches, TX. SFA Gallery, Stephen F. Austin State University. "Dorothy Shakespear (1886 - 1973)," November 3 - December 5, 1997 (cat. no. 8, illus., 10);
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "The Introspective Eye: Dorothy Shakespear's Modernist Vision," November 2, 1996 - January 5, 1997(no catalog).
1994
Berlin, Germany. Altes Museum, Deutsches Historisches Museum. "A Bitter Truth - The Avant-Garde and teh Great War,Germany." June 10 - August 28, 1994.
London, England. Barbican Art Gallery. "The Last Days of Mankind / A Bitter Truth," September 29 - December 11, 1994.
1992
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Rebels & Romantics: Some British Moderns and Their Work," June 6 - September 6, 1992 (cat. no. 42).
Nacogdoches, TX. SFA Gallery, Stephen F. Austin State University. "Dorothy Shakespear (1886 - 1973)," November 3 - December 5, 1997 (cat. no. 8, illus., 10);
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "The Introspective Eye: Dorothy Shakespear's Modernist Vision," November 2, 1996 - January 5, 1997(no catalog).
1994
Berlin, Germany. Altes Museum, Deutsches Historisches Museum. "A Bitter Truth - The Avant-Garde and teh Great War,Germany." June 10 - August 28, 1994.
London, England. Barbican Art Gallery. "The Last Days of Mankind / A Bitter Truth," September 29 - December 11, 1994.
1992
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Rebels & Romantics: Some British Moderns and Their Work," June 6 - September 6, 1992 (cat. no. 42).
Provenance
Extended loan from the collection of Omar S. Pound, Class of 1951
Published References
David Lewis, ed., REBELS & ROMANTICS: SOME BRITISH MODERNS AND THEIR WORK (exh. cat. Clinton, NY: Fred L. Emerson Gallery, 1992): Cathy Toney "Dorothy Shakespear," 43, [checklist] 65.
Inscribed
Inscribed in black and red ink on verso: "War Scare / July. 1914." / not [underlined] to be shown to any body / done when the Stock Exchange Shut, / before war was declared. / By Dorothy / Shakespear / [Pound] / b. 1886 / Omar S. Pound
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