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Prophet

Date1955

Maker Jack Tworkov American, 1900-1982

Object number91.258

Provenance[Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, New York]; Union Carbide Corporation, New York, New York; [Sotheby's Parke-Bernet, New York, New York, Contemporary Paintings, Drawing and Sculpture, Sale 4856M, Lot 92, May 4-5, 1982]; purchased by Nancy Hoffman, New York, New York, May 1982; gifted to the Seattle Art Museum, December 17, 1991

Photo CreditPhoto: Elizabeth Mann

Exhibition HistoryNew York, New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Annual Exhibition: Sculpture, Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Apr. 18-June 10, 1956. No. 173. Minneapolis, Minnesota, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, American Paintings, 1945-1957: 146 Pictures Representing Outstanding Achievement or Promise by American Artists of the Post-War Era, June 18-Sept. 1, 1957. Reproduced, no. 136. New York, New York, Stable Gallery, Tworkov: Exhibition of Paintings, Apr. 15-May 4, 1957. No. 5. Minneapolis, Minnesota, Walker Art Center, Paintings by Jack Tworkov, 1957. New York, New York, Museum of Modern Art, The New American Painting as Shown in Eight European Countries 1958-1959, May 28-Sept. 8, 1959 (Basel, Switzerland, Kunsthalle, Apr. 19-May 26, 1958; Milan, Italy, Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, June 1-29, 1958; Madrid, Spain, Museo Nacional de Arte Contemporaneo, July 16-Aug. 11, 1958; Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Stedelijk Museum, Oct.17-Nov. 24, 1958; Brussels, Belgium, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Dec. 6, 1958-Jan. 4, 1959; Paris, France, Musee National d'Art Moderne, exhibition titled Jackson Pollock et la Nouvelle Peinture Americaine, Jan. 16-Feb. 15, 1959; London, England, Tate Gallery, Feb. 24-Mar. 23, 1959). No. 77. New York, New York, Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, BARNARD COLLECTS: The Educated Eye, Sept. 28-Oct. 31, 1989. Reproduced, no. 64.

Credit LineGift of the Hoffman Greenwald family: Nancy Hoffman, Peter Greenwald, Rebecca Hoffman Greenwald

Dimensions72 x 64 in. (182.9 x 162.6 cm) Overall h.: 74 1/8 in. Overall w.: 66 1/8 in.

MediumOil on canvas mounted on board