Two Soldiers [after Don Quixote?]

Date1922

Maker John Covert Born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1882; died Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1960

Object number59.149

ProvenanceThe artist to Kathleen Lawler (1881-1952), probably 1923; by bequest to her sister, Nona Lawler Mackie, Bellevue, Washington, 1952; by bequest to her husband, Paul Denby Mackie, Bellevue, Washington; to SAM, 1959

Photo CreditPhoto: Elizabeth Mann

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Modern in America", July 8, 2004 - February 27, 2005 (7/8/2004 - 2/27/2005) Dallas, Texas, Dallas Museum for Contemporary Art, "American Genius in Review # 1" [Murphy, Schamberg, Benrimo, Russell, Covert], May 11- June 19, 1960 (5/11 - 6/19/1960)Published ReferencesAskew, Rual, "Bypassed Artists to Gain Fresh Study," The Dallas Morning News, April 26, 1960 Lycette, Diana Yates. "John R. Covert, American Dadaist," M.A. Thesis, University of Washington, 1973, pp. 27-28, 30, 34, reproduced plate 74. Strazdes, Dianna, "John Covert, 1882-1960," in American Paintings and Sculpture to 1945 in the Carnegie Museum of Art. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1992, p. 147, reproduced fig. 1

Credit LineGift of Paul Denby Mackie in memory of Kathleen Lawler and Nona Lawler Mackie

Dimensions44 1/2 x 35 3/4 in. (113.1 x 90.8 cm)

MediumOil on canvas