Two Soldiers [after Don Quixote?]

1922

John Covert

Born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1882; died Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1960

Oil on canvas

44 1/2 x 35 3/4 in. (113.1 x 90.8 cm)

Gift of Paul Denby Mackie in memory of Kathleen Lawler and Nona Lawler Mackie

59.149

Provenance: The 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: Elizabeth Mann

Not currently on view

Resources

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

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