Harvard Art Museums > 1949.51: Bird of Paradise Paintings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Bird of Paradise (William Baziotes) , 1949.51,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 26, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/229019. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1949.51 People William Baziotes, American (Pittsburgh, PA 1912 - 1963 New York, NY) Title Bird of Paradise Classification Paintings Work Type painting Date 1947 Places Creation Place: North America, United States Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/229019 Physical Descriptions Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 96.5 x 76.2 cm (38 x 30 in.) framed: 117.5 x 97.2 x 6.4 cm (46 1/4 x 38 1/4 x 2 1/2 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: l.r.: Baziotes inscription: From conservation files: on back of canvas: Bird of Paradise/W. Baziotes 1947 Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Samuel M. Kootz Gallery, New York, New York], sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1949. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Louise E. Bettens Fund Accession Year 1949 Object Number 1949.51 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Kenyon Castle Bolton, III, Peter G. Huenink, Earl A. Powell III, Harry Z. Rand, and Nanette C. Sexton, American Art at Harvard, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1972), cat. 155, ill. Caroline A. Jones, Modern Art at Harvard: The Formation of the Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Collections of the Harvard University Art Museums (New York, NY and Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Art Museums and Abbeville Press, 1985). With an essay by John Coolidge and a preface by John M. Rosenfield. To accompany the inaugural exhibition at the Sackler Museum, Oct 21 1985 - Jan 5 1986, reproduced in color fig. 86, p. 92 Exhibition History American Art at Harvard, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/19/1972 - 06/18/1972 New York School: From the First Generation, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 12/10/1975 - 01/06/1976 Modern Art at Harvard, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/21/1985 - 01/05/1986 Modern Art at Harvard, Bunkamura Museum of Art, Tokyo, 07/31/1999 - 09/26/1999; Takamatsu City Museum of Art, Kagawa, 10/09/1999 - 11/14/1999; Matsuzakaya Art Museum, Nagoya, 12/02/1999 - 12/27/1999; Oita City Museum, Oita, 01/06/2000 - 02/06/2000; Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki, Ibaraki, 02/11/2000 - 03/26/2000 32Q: 1330 Mid-Century Figurative, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/13/2015 - 07/13/2021 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
