Interior and Exterior
- Date
- 1919
- Material
- Oil on canvas
- made in
- New York, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Paintings
- Collection
- American Art
- Current Location
- On View, Gallery 333
- Dimensions
- 35 1/2 x 27 1/2 in. (90.2 x 69.9 cm)
framed: 44 × 36 × 1 1/2 in. (111.8 × 91.4 × 3.8 cm) - Credit Line
- Gift of John and Susan Horseman in honor of Melissa Wolfe, Curator of American Art
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 301:2021
NOTES
William Zorach wrote of Interior and Exterior, “this picture is of a mother and child in the interior of a house. It is a cubist conception where the mother’s activities with her child are portrayed simultaneously. You are looking at life in various forms combined with the exterior and interior of a city close at hand. It is a mystical interpretation of the life.”
The compression of the mother’s various roles is created by reducing her body and activities into fragmented planes. This compositional process was originated by Cubist artists, whose works Zorach encountered during his study in Europe.
Provenance
by 1959 -
The Downtown Gallery, New York, NY [1]
by 1968 -
Tessim Zorach (son of the artist), New York, NY
Zabriskie Gallery, New York, NY
Andrew Crispo Gallery, Inc., New York, NY
1987/12/3 –
Private collection, purchased at Sotheby’s, New York, December 3, 1987, lot no. 286
2008/12/4 - 2021
The John and Susan Horseman Collection, St. Louis, MO, purchased at Christie’s, New York, December 4, 2008, lot no. 98
2021 -
Saint Louis Art Musem, given by John and Susan Horseman [2]
Notes:
[1] Painting was lent by The Downtown Gallery to 1959 exhibition. ["William Zorach: Exhibition and Catalogue." New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1959]
[2] Deed of Gift signed October 8, 2021 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, November 22, 2021
The Downtown Gallery, New York, NY [1]
by 1968 -
Tessim Zorach (son of the artist), New York, NY
Zabriskie Gallery, New York, NY
Andrew Crispo Gallery, Inc., New York, NY
1987/12/3 –
Private collection, purchased at Sotheby’s, New York, December 3, 1987, lot no. 286
2008/12/4 - 2021
The John and Susan Horseman Collection, St. Louis, MO, purchased at Christie’s, New York, December 4, 2008, lot no. 98
2021 -
Saint Louis Art Musem, given by John and Susan Horseman [2]
Notes:
[1] Painting was lent by The Downtown Gallery to 1959 exhibition. ["William Zorach: Exhibition and Catalogue." New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1959]
[2] Deed of Gift signed October 8, 2021 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, November 22, 2021
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