Ilya Bolotowsky
Mural Sketch for Health Building Hall of Medical Sciences, New York World's Fair

Mural Sketch for Health Building Hall of Medical Sciences, New York World's Fair

© The Estate of Ilya Bolotowsky / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

Mural Sketch for Health Building Hall of Medical Sciences, New York World's Fair
Mural Sketch for Health Building Hall of Medical Sciences, New York World's Fair
ArtistAmerican, born Russia, 1907–1981
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Mural Sketch for Health Building Hall of Medical Sciences, New York World's Fair
Date1938
PlaceNew York, New York, United States
MediumCasein, ink, and graphite on paper board
Dimensions10 × 21 7/8 in. (25.4 × 55.6 cm)
 Frame: 10 3/8 × 19 3/8 × 2 1/8 in. (26.4 × 49.3 × 5.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Max and Isabell Smith Herzstein
Object number81.187
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 207
On view

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Department
Prints and Drawings
Object Type
Provenance[Washburn Gallery, New York, by 1980-December 14, 1981]; purchased by MFAH, 1981.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "New Deal for Art," Gallery Association of New York State (#76).

Exhibited: "Ilya Bolotowsky WPA Murals: Paintings from 1935 to 1945," Washburn Gallery, New York, NY, 1 October - 1 November 1980.

Exhibited: "Miro in America, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 21 April - 27 June 1982.

Exhibited: " Modern American Painting: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Athens Exchange Exhibition, National Pinakothiki, Athens, Greece, 20 September - 7 November 1982 (Exh. # A.9).

Exhibited: "Texas Collects Willem de Kooning and His Contemporaries," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 19 - May 21, 1995.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed and dated at lower right, lead: "Ilya Bolotowsky 1938"

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