Dead Pheasant

Artist Henry Varnum Poor (American, 1888 - 1970)

Dateca. 1935

MediumOil on Masonite

DimensionsUnframed: 15 7/8 x 19 7/8 inches (40.32 x 50.48 cm)
Framed: 24 1/4 x 28 1/2 x 2 inches (61.6 x 72.39 x 5.08 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Friends of Art

Object number35-336

SignedSigned lower left: H V Poor

On View

Not on view

Collections

American Art

Terms

DescriptionA dead pheasant lies on a white cane-bottom bench.Published References

Published References

M. K. P., "In Gallery and Studio: News and Views of the Week in Art," Kansas City Star, 29 November 1935, 14;

News Flashes (William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts) 2 (1-31 December 1935), 3;

"Painting by Henry Varnum Poor Is Week's Nelson Masterpiece," Kansas City Journal- Post, 29 December 1935, 2B;

"Liberal with Art," Kansas City Star, 1 January 1936, 8;

"Gallery Changes," News Flashes (William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts) 2 (1-16 January 1936), 2;

"Friends of Art," News Flashes (William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts) 2 (1-15 March 1936), 4;

"Friends of Art," News Flashes (William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts) 2 (15-31 March 1936), 3;

News Flashes (William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts) 2 (1-30 April 1936), unpaginated;

"Important Steps toward Becoming Art Center by Kansas City in 1936," Kansas City Star, 27 December 1936, 2B;

"Art News," Kansas City Journal- Post, 27 December 1936, 2B;

H[enry] C. H[askell], "The Friends of Art Acquire an American Scene by Marsh," Kansas City Star, 20 December 1940, unpaginated;

NAMA 1940, 23;

NAMA 1941, 166;

"Modern Painters Are Aided by the Friends of Art," Kansas City Star, 13 April 1947, 9D;

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;

Winifred Shields, "Art and Artists: Rare Sculpture from France Acquired by Nelson Gallery," Kansas City Star, 16 December 1955, 6;

NAMA 1959, 257; Donald L. Hoffmann, "For Friends of Art: Four Lively Paintings," Kansas City Star, 1 May 1966, 1F;

"American Primitive," Bon Appétit 16 (September-October 1971), 40; NAMA 1973, 254;

Donald Hoffmann, "Tracing the Ups and Downs of the Friends of Art," Kansas City Star, 19 September 1976, 1E;

Donald Hoffmann, "Just Friends for 50 Years," Kansas City Star, 9 December 1984, 9F;

Lee Pentecost, "50 Years of Collecting: The Friends of Art at the Nelson; A Retrospective Exhibition," typescript, 1984, NAMA curatorial files, 2;

Great Plains, 1930-1939, exh. cat. (Lincoln, Neb.: Center for Great Plains Studies Art Collection, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 1985), 18;

NAMA 1991, 149;

NAMA 1993b, 55 (as Dead Pheasants).

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