id:			117245
accession number:	1937.8
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1937.8
updated:		2025-02-09 00:21:53.861000

Built in 1816, 1937. Morton G. Winslow (American, 1899–1978). Watercolor; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Traveling Exhibitions Fund 1937.8

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creation date:			1937
creation date earliest:		1937
creation date latest:		1937
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culture:	America, Ohio, Cleveland
technique:	watercolor
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - American - Cleveland School
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Morton G. Winslow (American, 1899–1978)  - artist
Attended Carnegie Institute of Technology on an art scholarship. Worked as a commercial artist in Cleveland at several studios, including the Tranquilini and Manning Studios. Entered May Shows and exhibited at Butler Art Institute in Youngstown, OH. Exhibited at the New York World's Fair in 1939, and at Whitney Museum of Art, NYC. Illustrated Betty Cavanna's "Going on Sixteen," and many short stories. Information provided in a letter to the museum 7/10/2000 by descendants of the artist. See folder 1937.8 for complete letter.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The May Show: 19th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen
	opening date:   1937-05-05T04:00:00
	<i>The May Show: 19th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 5-June 19, 1937).

	title:		Retrospective Twenty-fifth Anniversary May Show
	opening date:   1943-01-13T05:00:00
	<i>Retrospective Twenty-fifth Anniversary May Show</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 13-February 14, 1943).

	title:		A Study in Regional Taste: May Show 1919 - 1975
	opening date:   1977-07-13T04:00:00
	<i>A Study in Regional Taste: May Show 1919 - 1975</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 13-August 21, 1977).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Purchased at the May Show 1937.', 'opening_date': '1937-01-01T00:00:00'}

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CITATIONS

	Morton G. Winslow Entry Card to 1937 May Show. Cleveland Museum of Art May Show Records, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMS04574/

	Hoffman, Jay, Dee Driscole, and Mary Clare Zahler. <em>A Study in Regional Taste: The May Show, 1919-1975</em>. [Cleveland]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1977.
	page number: 	Mentioned: P. 78, no. 18
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