Kathleen Blackshear
The Strummer

The Strummer
The Strummer
The Strummer
ArtistAmerican, 1897–1988
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The Strummer
DateSeptember–October 1927
PlaceHouston, Texas, United States
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions30 1/8 × 28 1/16 in. (76.5 × 71.2 cm)
Frame: 32 7/8 × 30 3/4 in. (83.5 × 78.1 cm)
Credit Line6th Annual Houston Artists Exhibition, museum purchase prize, 1930
Object number30.34
Not on view

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Department
American Art
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"1980 Houston Area Exhibition," Sarah Campbell Blaffer Gallery, The University of Houston, June 7–July 27, 1980.

"Early Houston Art in Houston Collections," The Heritage Society, Houston, May 2–June 28, 2006.

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