id: 93239
accession number: 1926.1664
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Still Life, c. 1924. Preston Dickinson (American, 1891–1930). Oil on canvas; framed: 75.5 x 91 x 5.5 cm (29 3/4 x 35 13/16 x 2 3/16 in.); unframed: 61.2 x 76.5 cm (24 1/8 x 30 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection 1926.1664
title: Still Life
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creation date: c. 1924
creation date earliest: 1919
creation date latest: 1929
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creditline: Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection
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culture: America, 20th century
technique: oil on canvas
department: American Painting and Sculpture
collection: American - Painting
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Preston Dickinson (American, 1891–1930) - artist
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measurements: Framed: 75.5 x 91 x 5.5 cm (29 3/4 x 35 13/16 x 2 3/16 in.); Unframed: 61.2 x 76.5 cm (24 1/8 x 30 1/8 in.)
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inscription: signed lower right: P. Dickinson
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition
opening date: 1936-06-26T04:00:00
The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 26-October 4, 1936).
title: Exhibition of American Painting from 1860 Until Today
opening date: 1937-06-23T04:00:00
Exhibition of American Painting from 1860 Until Today. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-October 4, 1937).
title: The Silver Jubilee Exhibition
opening date: 1941-06-23T04:00:00
The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).
title: 35th Anniversary Exhibition
opening date: 1951-06-20T04:00:00
35th Anniversary Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-September 30, 1951).
title: The Magic of Still Life
opening date: 1986-11-04T05:00:00
The Magic of Still Life. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 4, 1986-February 1, 1987).
title: The Precisionist Aesthetic in American Art
opening date: 1989-01-24T05:00:00
The Precisionist Aesthetic in American Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 24-April 9, 1989).
title: Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum
opening date: 1991-06-07T04:00:00
Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 8, 1991).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Cleveland, OH, Cleveland Museum of Art, Sixth Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting (1926); no cat., see Bulletin of The Cleveland Museum of Art (June 1926).', 'opening_date': '1926-06-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'New York, NY, Museum of Modern Art, Second Exhibition of Modern Art (1929); NOTE: another Still Life was reproduced as belonging to the CMA in a review of the show in Art News 28 (Part I, 14 December 1929), p. 7.', 'opening_date': '1929-12-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Cleveland, OH, Cleveland Museum of Art, 20th Anniversary Exhibition (1936), no. 353.', 'opening_date': '1936-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Cleveland, OH, Cleveland Museum of Art, Exhibition of American Painting from 1860 Until Today (1937), no. 49.', 'opening_date': '1937-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Akron, OH, Akron Art Institute, 40 American Painters (December 1945), cat. no. 35, ill. no. 35.', 'opening_date': '1945-12-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'CMA: Works from the Contemporary Collection, July 1-mid-October, 1969', 'opening_date': '1969-10-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Cleveland, OH, Cleveland Museum of Art, The Magic of Still Life (21 October 1986 - 8 March 1987), no catalogue; Gallery A.', 'opening_date': '1986-10-21T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Cleveland, OH, Cleveland Museum of Art, Fraernite: Artistic Relations Between France and America (21 July - 18 October 1987), no cat; Gallery A.', 'opening_date': '1987-07-21T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Cleveland, OH, Cleveland Museum of Art, Precisionist Aesthetic in American Art (24 January - 9 April 1989), Gallery J.', 'opening_date': '1989-01-24T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Cleveland, OH, Cleveland Museum of Art, Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum (7 June - 8 September 1991).', 'opening_date': '1991-06-07T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
(Daniel Gallery, New York, bought by the Museum, 1926).
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Milliken, William M. "The Sixth Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art. 13:6 (June, 1926): 144-55.
page number: Reproduced: p. 146; Mentioned: pp. 149, 150
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G. U. "Two Recent American Paintings Acquired for the Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art. 14:1 (January 1927): 9-11, 15.
page number: Mentioned: p. 10; Reproduced: p. 15
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 552
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n103
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page number: Reproduced: p. 190
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n214
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page number: Reproduced: p. 190
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n214
Hall, Jacqueline. "Modern Art Debut in America Rocked Professionals, Public." Columbus Dispatch, 6 June 1973.
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 237
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n257
Cloudman, Ruth H. Preston Dickinson, 1889-1930. Lincoln, NE: Nebraska Art Association, 1979.
page number: Reproduced: p. 29, fig. 6
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Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.
page number: Reproduced: p. 148
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Chong, Alan. European & American Painting in the Cleveland Museum of Art: A Summary Catalogue. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1993.
page number: Reproduced: p. 64
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