The Monument
Artist
Walter Stuempfig
(American, 1914 - 1970)
Dateca. 1947-1949
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 26 1/8 × 40 1/16 inches (66.36 × 101.75 cm)
Framed: 32 9/16 × 46 7/8 × 2 11/16 inches (82.7 × 119.05 × 6.83 cm)
Framed: 32 9/16 × 46 7/8 × 2 11/16 inches (82.7 × 119.05 × 6.83 cm)
Credit LineGift of the H. V. Jones Memorial Fund in memory of Herbert V. Jones through the Friends of Art
Object number49-66
SignedSigned lower left: Stuempfig
On View
Not on viewCollections
Published References“Choose a Gift Painting,” Kansas City Times, 10 December 1949,
6; Walter Stuempfi g, exh. cat. (New York: Durlacher Brothers,
1949), unpaginated; “Friends of Art,” Gallery News (William
Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine
Arts) 16 (January 1950), unpaginated; Winifred Shields, “Painter’s
Technique a Key to Revealing His Identity,” Kansas City Star,
12 May 1950, 18; 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; NAMA 1959, 257;
Stuempfi g, exh. cat. (Fort Worth: Fort Worth Art Center, 1962),
unpaginated; NAMA 1973, 255; NAMA 1991, 257.
6; Walter Stuempfi g, exh. cat. (New York: Durlacher Brothers,
1949), unpaginated; “Friends of Art,” Gallery News (William
Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine
Arts) 16 (January 1950), unpaginated; Winifred Shields, “Painter’s
Technique a Key to Revealing His Identity,” Kansas City Star,
12 May 1950, 18; 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; NAMA 1959, 257;
Stuempfi g, exh. cat. (Fort Worth: Fort Worth Art Center, 1962),
unpaginated; NAMA 1973, 255; NAMA 1991, 257.
Copyright© Estate of Walter Stuempfig
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