id:			126636
accession number:	1948.78
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1948.78
updated:		2024-03-26 01:58:11.286000

Aerialist's Serenade, 1948. Dean Ellis (American, 1920–2009). Oil on canvas; unframed: 71.8 x 127.6 cm (28 1/4 x 50 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Wishing Well Fund 1948.78

title:				Aerialist's Serenade
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creation date:			1948
creation date earliest:		1948
creation date latest:		1948
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creditline:			Wishing Well Fund
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culture:	America, Ohio, Cleveland
technique:	oil on canvas
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: 71.8 x 127.6 cm (28 1/4 x 50 1/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The May Show: 30th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen
	opening date:   1948-05-05T04:00:00
	<i>The May Show: 30th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 5-June 13, 1948).

	title:		May Show Retrospective - 50 Years
	opening date:   1968-04-23T05:00:00
	<i>May Show Retrospective - 50 Years</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (April 23-June 16, 1968).

	title:		Circus and Carnival
	opening date:   1970-02-17T05:00:00
	<i>Circus and Carnival</i>. Cleveland Public Library, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 17-May 15, 1970).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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CITATIONS

	Dean Ellis Entry Card to 1948 May Show. Cleveland Museum of Art May Show Records, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMS08140

	Waldman, Lawrence, and Henry Adams. Strange and Lonely Spaces: Magic Realism in Cleveland 1930 - 1960. 2021.
	page number: 	Reproduced: pp. 36-37, fig. 20
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