Elmer Bischoff
Interior with Two Figures

Interior with Two Figures

© Estate of Elmer Bischoff

Interior with Two Figures
Interior with Two Figures
ArtistAmerican, 1916–1991
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Interior with Two Figures
Date1968
PlaceCalifornia, United States
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions79 3/4 × 79 5/8 in. (202.6 × 202.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alice Pratt Brown Museum Fund
Object number92.113
Non exposé

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ProvenanceLobell Family Collection, New York; [Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1992.



Exhibition HistoryStaempfli Gallery, New York City (probably).

John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco.

"The Institute of Creative Arts: A Traveling Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture," The Art Galleries, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1969.

“Elmer Bischoff,” San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, December 5, 1985–1986; Greenville County Museum of Art, South Carolina, July 8–August 31, 1986; The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., September 20–November 2, 1986; Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California, November 21, 1986–January 4, 1987.

“Bay Area Figurative Art: 1950-1965,” The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, December 14, 1989–February 4, 1990; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C., June 13–September 9, 1990; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, October 5–December 30, 1990.

"Perspectives in Texas Collections: California Light," Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, January 21–March 5, 1995.

"The Art of Elmer Bischoff," Oakland Museum of California, October 31, 2001–January 13, 2002; Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida, October 17, 2002–January 5, 2003.

"Perspectives @25," Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, October 8, 2004–January 9, 2005.

"Against the Current: 20th Century Representational Art in the Collection of the MFAH," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 7, 2006–September 2, 2007.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: Inscribed in black paint on verso, top left quadrant: "1968/ INTERIOR WITH TWO/ FIGURES" in pencil, top right quadrant: "80" x 80" ". Labeled on stretcher, top left: "San Francisco Museum of Modern Art/ Loan BAY AREA FIGURATIVE ART: 1950-1965/ 14 DECEMBER 1989 - 4 FEBRUARY 1990/ + tour/ Registration #: 23.89.12/ Artist: Elmer Bischoff/ Title/Date: Interior with Two Figures, 1968"/ Medium: oil on canvas/ Size: 80 x 80 (203.2 x 203.2 cm.)/ Private Collection" "ART GALLERY, UCSB/ Bischoff/ cat. #1"; Center left: "Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, Inc./ 20 East 79 Street New York, NY 10021/ Elmer Bischoff/ Interior with Two Figures (1968)/ Oil on cnavas {sic}/ 80 x 80 inches"; Center: "John Berggruen Gallery/ 228 Grant Avenue, 3rd Floor/ San Francisco, California 94108/ Artist: Elmer Bischoff/ Title: "Interior with Two Figures"/ 1968/ Medium: oil on canvas/ Size: 80" x 80" "; Top right: "WARD COMPANY, INC./ 100 Hano Street, #11/ Allston, Massachusetts 02134/ 8641 / 1/1 / WDC"
Signed in black paint on verso, top left quadrant: "Elmer Bischoff"

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