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Photo: Nathaniel Willson
Egyptian
Photo: Nathaniel Willson

Egyptian

Date1951
Maker William A. Baziotes American, 1912-1963
Object number65.159
Provenance[Kootz Gallery, New York]; purchased by Sidney & Anne Gerber, Seattle, 1957; gifted to the Seattle Art Museum, Nov. 11, 1965
Photo CreditPhoto: Nathaniel Willson
Exhibition HistoryPhiladelphia, The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 146th Annual Exhibition of Painting and Scuplture, Jan. 21 - Feb., 25, 1951. Minneapolis, The University Gallery, University of Minnesota, 40 American Painters, 1940-1950, July 4-August 30, 1951 Chicago, Illinois, The Arts Club of Chicago, Exhibition Gottlieb, Motherwell, Baziotes, Hofmann, Jan. 14 - Feb. 3, 1953. Minneapolis, Minnesota, Walker Art Center, Four Abstract Expressionists, Feb. 15 - March 15, 1953. Bloomington, Indiana, Fine Arts Gallery, Indiana University, American Painting, 1910-1960, April 19 - May 10, 1964. Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, New Accessions USA, July 7 - Sept. 18, 1966. Newport Beach, California, Newport Harbor Art Museum, William Baziotes: A Retrospective Exhibition, Mar. 24 - June 4, 1978 (Austin, Texas, University of Texas at Austin, June 18 - Aug. 6, 1978; College Park, Maryland, Univeristy of Maryland Art Gallery, Aug. 24 - Oct. 7, 1978; Ithaca, New York, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Oct. 25 - Dec. 10, 1978). Text by Michael Preble. Cat. no. 17, p. 14, reproduced p. 71. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, International Abstraction: Making Painting Real, May 2, 2003 - Feb. 29, 2004. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Abstract Visions, Aug. 6, 2021 - June 5, 2022.
Credit LineGift of Sidney and Anne Gerber
Dimensions29 3/4 x 37 5/8 in. (75.6 x 95.6 cm)
MediumOil on canvas
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1972-73
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1975
Object number: 78.56
Untitled
William Ivey
1975
Object number: 78.74
Photo: Paul Macapia
William Ivey
1961
Object number: 63.94
No. 2
William Ivey
1961- 62
Object number: 78.2
Drawing
William Ivey
1963
Object number: 64.65
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mid 20th century
Object number: 59.84
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1974
Object number: 75.26
The Metaphor of the Child's Toy in a Man's World
William Hixson
1964
Object number: 64.160
An Endless Dream in Expanse
William J. Mair
1962
Object number: 62.184
The Early American Dart Thrower
William J. Mair
1959
Object number: 66.88