Charles W. Hawthorne
American Motherhood

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Artist Charles W. Hawthorne American, 1872–1930

CultureAmerican

Titles

American Motherhood

Date1922

PlaceProvincetown, Massachusetts, United States

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsFrame: 63 5/8 × 51 5/8 × 1 15/16 in. (161.6 × 131.1 × 4.9 cm)
Canvas: 60 × 47 3/4 in. (152.4 × 121.3 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Houston Friends of Art

Object number27.8

Not on view

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Department

American Art

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceGrand Central Art Galleries, New York, NY, from there purchased by the museum on January 25 1927
Exhibition History"Grand Central Art Galleries Exhibition," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January 9 - before January 27, 1927.

"Hawthorne Retrospective," The Chrysler Museum of Art of Provincetown, Masssachusetts, June 16–September 17, 1961.

"Marius de Zayas," Museo Nacional de Arte, Mexico City, Mexico, June 18–September 13, 2009.

"American Made: 250 Years of American Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, July 7, 2012–January 2, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Lower right corner: "C W Hawthorne"

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