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Gravitation (Gravitazione)

Gravitation (Gravitazione)

1932

Kurt Seligmann

Swiss, 1900-1962

Oil on board
45 1/2 x 34 7/8 in. (115.57 x 88.58 cm)
Overall h.: 46 1/2 in.
Overall w.: 35 3/4 in.
Gift of Signora Peggy Guggenheim
56.35
location
Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistoryAndover, Massachusetts, Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, European Artists Teaching In America, (S.E.5.41.d), 1941.

Kunsthalle Basel, no. 1930

New York, New York, Nierendorf Gallery, S. 834

Venice, Italy, XXIV, Biennale Internazionale d'Arte di Venezia, over no. 409, 1948.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Contemporary Trends in International Art, Apr. 7 - May 1, 1955.

Santa Barbara, California, Art Gallery, University of California, Surrealism: A State of Mind 1924 - 1965, 1966.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Vancouver Art Gallery, The Seattle Art Museum Lends, Mar. 13 - Apr. 11, 1976. No cat. no.
Published ReferencesAddison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts, "European Artists Teaching In America", 1941, pp. 44 - 47 (33)

"XXIV, Biennale Internazionale d'Arte di Venezia", Venice, Italy, (Peggy Guggenheim Collection, section no. 121) 409, 1948

Callahan, Kenneth. "Loans, Gifts Make Handsome Exhibition," in The Seattle Times, Sunday, April 10, 1955

The Art Quarterly, Autumn 1956, p. 311

Art Gallery, University of California, Santa Barbara, "Surrealism: A State of Mind 1924-1965", cat., 1966, no. 29, ill.

"The Seattle Art Museum Lends" exhibition catalogue. Vancouver, BC: Vancouver Art Gallery, 1976

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