Portrait Head
Artist
Alexander Brook
(American, 1898 - 1980)
Date1937
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 20 × 16 1/8 inches (50.8 × 40.96 cm)
Framed: 27 3/8 × 23 3/8 × 3 inches (69.53 × 59.37 × 7.62 cm)
Framed: 27 3/8 × 23 3/8 × 3 inches (69.53 × 59.37 × 7.62 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Friends of Art
Object number38-2
SignedSigned and dated lower left: A. Brook—1937
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionBack and right side of head and shoulders of a young woman seated in a chair; her blong hair is partially covered with a triangular white scarf and wears dusky pink dress. Pale blue background.Published References“In Gallery and Studio,” Kansas City Star, 3 December 1937, 33;
M.K. P., “In Gallery and Studio,” Kansas City Star, 10 December
1937, 20; “Triple Gift to Gallery,” Kansas City Times, 11 December 1937, 9; “Friends of Art Give Three Pieces of Contemporary
Work to Nelson Gallery of Art and Atkins Museum,” Kansas City
Journal-Post, 19 December 1937, 8B; “Friends of Art,” Art Digest
12 (1 January 1938), 16; “Friends of Art Gifts,” News Flashes (William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of
Fine Arts) 4 (1 January 1938), 3; Donita Ferguson, “Alexander
Brook,” Studio International 18 (July 1939), 20–21; H[enry] C.
H[askell], “The Friends of Art Present a Portrait to the Gallery,”
Kansas City Star, 29 December 1939, 6; NAMA 1940, 23; NAMA
1941, 149, 159, 166; “Modern Painters Are Aided by the Friends
of Art,” Kansas City Star, 13 April 1947, 9D; NAMA 1949, 204;
Winifred Shields, “A Special Collection of Works Is Growing at
Nelson Gallery,” Kansas City Star, 19 May 1950, 28; Winifred
Shields, “Key Role at Art Gallery Filled by Society of 500,” Kansas
City Star, 4 January 1953, 8D; “Art Works Are Selected for Wide
Range, Interest,” Muskegon (Mich.) Chronicle, 25 September
1956, 21; NAMA 1959, 255; NAMA 1973, 250; NAMA 1991, 150.
M.K. P., “In Gallery and Studio,” Kansas City Star, 10 December
1937, 20; “Triple Gift to Gallery,” Kansas City Times, 11 December 1937, 9; “Friends of Art Give Three Pieces of Contemporary
Work to Nelson Gallery of Art and Atkins Museum,” Kansas City
Journal-Post, 19 December 1937, 8B; “Friends of Art,” Art Digest
12 (1 January 1938), 16; “Friends of Art Gifts,” News Flashes (William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of
Fine Arts) 4 (1 January 1938), 3; Donita Ferguson, “Alexander
Brook,” Studio International 18 (July 1939), 20–21; H[enry] C.
H[askell], “The Friends of Art Present a Portrait to the Gallery,”
Kansas City Star, 29 December 1939, 6; NAMA 1940, 23; NAMA
1941, 149, 159, 166; “Modern Painters Are Aided by the Friends
of Art,” Kansas City Star, 13 April 1947, 9D; NAMA 1949, 204;
Winifred Shields, “A Special Collection of Works Is Growing at
Nelson Gallery,” Kansas City Star, 19 May 1950, 28; Winifred
Shields, “Key Role at Art Gallery Filled by Society of 500,” Kansas
City Star, 4 January 1953, 8D; “Art Works Are Selected for Wide
Range, Interest,” Muskegon (Mich.) Chronicle, 25 September
1956, 21; NAMA 1959, 255; NAMA 1973, 250; NAMA 1991, 150.
Copyright© Estate of Alexander Brook
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