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Sherman Square
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Sherman Square

Date1968
Maker Ralph Humphrey American, 1932-1990
Object number2016.17.6
Provenance[Bykert Gallery, New York]; purchased from gallery by Virginia and Bagley Wright, Seattle,1968
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Modern Art Pavilion, Seattle Art Museum, The Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection: Artists of the Sixties, May 23-June 29, 1969. Cat. no. 7. Bellingham, Washington, Western Washington University, Western Gallery, Paintings of the 60s: From the Collection of Virginia and Bagley Wright, Jan. 6-23, 1970. No Cat. no., reproduced, unpaginated. Seattle, Washington, Modern Art Pavilion, Seattle Art Museum, The Contemporary Art Council Collects Art of the Seventies, Feb. 4 - March 19, 1972 Pullman, Washington, Washington State University, Fine Art Gallery, Contemporary American Abstract Painting 1960-1974, Nov. 1974 Denver, Colorado, Denver Art Museum, The Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection: American Art Since 1960, Feb. 1 – March 16, 1975. Text by Thomas N. Maytham. Cat. no. 13.
Credit LineGift of the Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum
Dimensions64 x 64 in. (162.6 x 162.6 cm)
MediumAcrylic on canvas
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