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Equestrienne

Date1938

Maker Abe Blashko American, 1920 - 2011

Label TextI did a few [works] that were inspired by my visits to the carnivals in my neighborhood. I was struck by these particular scenes, especially the women who would look upon the audience with faces that displayed great pain. —Abe Blashko

Object number39.47

Provenancethe artist, Seattle, by gift to Seattle Art Museum, July 1939

Exhibition HistoryIn chronological order: {possibly Seattle, Seattle Art Museum, Drawings by Abe Blashko, November 9-December 4, 1938. No catalogue.} Published ReferencesIn chronological order: cf. Callahan, Kenneth. “Seattle Art Museum,” Seattle Sunday Times, November 12, 1938: p. 5 [review of 1938 SAM show, discusses all the drawings generally]. Martin, Scott. “Integrating Style with Substance: Scott Martin Talks with Cover Artist Abe Blashko,” Raven Chronicles 3, no. 3 (Spring 1994), reproduced inside back cover. Martin, Scott. “Art is Where You Find It: An Exhibit and Profile of Abe Blashko, Raven Chronicles, on-line edition (April 1998), ravenchronicles.org, reproduced. cf. Iacono, Domenic J. “Printmaking in the 1930s and 1940s: A Conversation with Abe Blashko, Mark Freeman, and Charles Keller,” in David Tatham, ed., North American Prints, 1913-1947: An Examination at Century’s End (Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 160 [re: the making of a preparatory drawing for lithograph of an equestrienne].

Credit LineGift of the artist

Dimensions 23 X 14 1/2 in.

MediumLithographic crayon on cream-colored heavy weight wove paper