id:			93309
accession number:	1949.1775
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1949.1775
updated:		2024-03-26 01:56:04.844000

Festus Yayple and his Oxen, 1946. George Ault (American, 1891–1948). Oil on canvas; framed: 76.2 x 105.4 x 6.4 cm (30 x 41 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.); unframed: 61.6 x 91.4 cm (24 1/4 x 36 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection 1949.1775

title:				Festus Yayple and his Oxen
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creation date:			1946
creation date earliest:		1946
creation date latest:		1946
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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

* George Ault (American, 1891–1948)  - artist

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measurements: Framed: 76.2 x 105.4 x 6.4 cm (30 x 41 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.); Unframed: 61.6 x 91.4 cm (24 1/4 x 36 in.)
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	inscription:	Written lower left: "G. C. Ault '46"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		To Make a World: George Ault and 1940s America
	opening date:   2011-03-11T00:00:00
	<i>To Make a World: George Ault and 1940s America</i>. Smithsonian American Art Museum (organizer) (March 11-September 5, 2011); The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO (October 15, 2011-January 8, 2012); Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA (February 18-April 16, 2012).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '"Painting in the United States, 1946," Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, October 10--December 8, 1946.', 'opening_date': '1946-12-08T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Smithsonian American Art Museium (3/11/2011 - 9/5/2011), Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (10/15/2011 - 1/8/2012), and Georgia Museum of Art (2/18/2012 - 4/16/2012):  "To Make a World: George Ault and 1940s America", ex. cat. no. 67, p. 112, det. p. 134.', 'opening_date': '2011-03-11T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Mrs. George C. Ault, Woodstock, New York.
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CITATIONS

	Harnsberger, R. Scott. <em>Ten Precisionist Artists: Annotated Bibliographies</em>. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1992.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 45, no. 172
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	Nemerov, Alexander. <em>To Make a World: George Ault and 1940s America</em>. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian American Art Museum; New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2011.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 112, cat. 67
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	Hemingway, Andrew. <em>The Mysticism of Money: Precisionist Painting and Machine Age America</em>. Pittsburgh: Periscope, 2013.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 181; Reproduced: p. 180
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