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Gates to Nowhere

Gates to Nowhere

Date1948
Maker Jacob Elshin American, born St. Petersburg, Russia, 1892; died Seattle, Washington, 1976
Object number48.200
Exhibition HistoryPort Townsend, Washington, "Fourth Annual Port Townsend Summer Arts Festival", August 22-25,1961. Tacoma, Washington, Tacoma Art League, "Jacob Elshin Exhibition", 1961 (1961) Seattle, Washington, Gethsemane Lutheran Church Synod Convention, 1961 (1961) Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Katherine B. Baker 75th Anniversary Exhibition", April 3-June 3, 1985 (04/03/1985 - 06/03/1985) Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Jacob Elshin Retrospective Exhibition", November 4 - December 5, 1965 (11/04/1965 - 12/05/1965) Tacoma, Washington, Tacoma Art Museum, "Northwest Geometric Abstraction", February 15 - March 31, 1991 (02/15/1991 - 03/31/1991) Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "34th Annual Exhibition Of Northwest Artists", 1948 (1948) Spokane, Washington, Holy Names College, "Art Exhibition For Annual Cultural Series", 1958 (1958) Anchorage, Alaska, Methodist University of Alaska, "The Artists" 1960 (1960)
Credit LineGift of West Seattle Art Club, Katherine B. Baker Memorial Purchase Prize in Oil
Dimensions32 x 39 in. (81.3 x 99.1 cm) Overall h.: 40 in. Overall w.: 46 3/4 in.
MediumOil on canvas
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