id:			125828
accession number:	1947.81
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1947.81
updated:		2023-08-26 11:09:35.528000

The Dummy, 1946. Dean Ellis (American, 1920–2009). Encaustic on compo board; unframed: 121.9 x 61 cm (48 x 24 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Wishing Well Fund 1947.81

title:				The Dummy
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creation date:			1946
creation date earliest:		1946
creation date latest:		1946
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creditline:			Wishing Well Fund
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culture:	America, Ohio, Cleveland
technique:	encaustic on compo board
department:	American Painting and Sculpture
collection:	American - Cleveland School
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Dean Ellis (American, 1920–2009)  - artist
Biographical information exists in the Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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measurements: Unframed: 121.9 x 61 cm (48 x 24 in.)
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	inscription:	signed lower right:  Dean Ellis 1946
                               Dean
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The May Show: 29th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen
	opening date:   1947-04-30T04:00:00
	<i>The May Show: 29th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 30-June 8, 1947).

	title:		35th Anniversary Exhibition
	opening date:   1951-06-20T04:00:00
	<i>35th Anniversary Exhibition</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-September 30, 1951).

	title:		Untitled Exhibition
	opening date:   1970-09-14T04:00:00
	<i>Untitled Exhibition</i>. Intown Club, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 14-October 6, 1970).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* The Cleveland Museum of Art: 29th May Show, April 30-June 8, 1947, Honorable Mention.

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PROVENANCE

	(May Show, Cleveland, OH, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: 1947
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1947-
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CITATIONS

	Dean Ellis Entry Card to 1947 May Show. Cleveland Museum of Art May Show Records, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMS07777

	Waldman, Lawrence, and Henry Adams. Strange and Lonely Spaces: Magic Realism in Cleveland 1930 - 1960. 2021.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p.39; reproduced: p. 35, fig. 19
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