Jacob Wrestling with the Angel
Artist
Frederick Taubes
(American, 1900 - 1981)
Date1944
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 42 x 33 3/8 inches (106.68 x 84.77 cm)
Framed: 49 1/2 x 40 1/2 x 3 3/8 inches (125.73 x 102.87 x 8.57 cm)
Framed: 49 1/2 x 40 1/2 x 3 3/8 inches (125.73 x 102.87 x 8.57 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: acquired through the Ellen St. Clair Bequest
Object numberA44-57
SignedSigned lower right: taubes
On View
Not on viewCollections
Published ReferencesFrederic Taubes, “Taubes Amateur Page: Always a Beginner,”
American Artist 8 (October 1944), 24; photo caption, Art Digest
19 (15 December 1944), 13 (as Jacob Wrestling with the Angels);
Dorothy Grafl y, “The Carnegie Show—II,” Christian Science
Monitor, 27 October 1945, sec. 1, 8; Lucille E. Morehouse, “Exhibition of Contemporary American Paintings Opens,” Indianapolis
Star, 30 December 1948, 28; Painting in the United States, 1945,
exh. cat. (Pittsburgh: Carnegie Institute, 1945), unpaginated,
pl. 10; 58th Annual Exhibition: Contemporary American Paintings, exh. cat. (Indianapolis: John Herron Art Museum, 1945),
unpaginated; Frederic Taubes, Frederic Taubes (New York:
American Artists Group, 1946), unpaginated; “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; C[hris]
R[itter], “Frederic Taubes,” Art Digest 27 (1 January 1953), 18;
Betty Dietz, “Exhibition Traces Man’s Dreams of Flight to Days
of Babylonians,” Dayton (Ohio) Daily News, 16 December 1953,
D17; Flight: Fantasy, Faith, Fact; A Loan Exhibition Commemorating the Fiftieth Anniversary of Powered Flight, 1903–1953, exh.
cat. (Dayton, Ohio: Dayton Art Institute and the Dayton Chamber
of Commerce, 1953), 13; NAMA 1959, 257; NAMA 1973, 255;
Marge Holler Stephens, “Man Finds Angels Intriguing,” Kansas
City Star, 23 December 1977, 5.
American Artist 8 (October 1944), 24; photo caption, Art Digest
19 (15 December 1944), 13 (as Jacob Wrestling with the Angels);
Dorothy Grafl y, “The Carnegie Show—II,” Christian Science
Monitor, 27 October 1945, sec. 1, 8; Lucille E. Morehouse, “Exhibition of Contemporary American Paintings Opens,” Indianapolis
Star, 30 December 1948, 28; Painting in the United States, 1945,
exh. cat. (Pittsburgh: Carnegie Institute, 1945), unpaginated,
pl. 10; 58th Annual Exhibition: Contemporary American Paintings, exh. cat. (Indianapolis: John Herron Art Museum, 1945),
unpaginated; Frederic Taubes, Frederic Taubes (New York:
American Artists Group, 1946), unpaginated; “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; C[hris]
R[itter], “Frederic Taubes,” Art Digest 27 (1 January 1953), 18;
Betty Dietz, “Exhibition Traces Man’s Dreams of Flight to Days
of Babylonians,” Dayton (Ohio) Daily News, 16 December 1953,
D17; Flight: Fantasy, Faith, Fact; A Loan Exhibition Commemorating the Fiftieth Anniversary of Powered Flight, 1903–1953, exh.
cat. (Dayton, Ohio: Dayton Art Institute and the Dayton Chamber
of Commerce, 1953), 13; NAMA 1959, 257; NAMA 1973, 255;
Marge Holler Stephens, “Man Finds Angels Intriguing,” Kansas
City Star, 23 December 1977, 5.
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