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accession number: 1964.340
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A Bird in the Room, 1955. Kay Sage (American, 1898–1963). Oil on canvas; unframed: 99.1 x 81.3 cm (39 x 32 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Kay Sage Tanguy 1964.340 © Estate of Kay Sage / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
title: A Bird in the Room
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creation date: 1955
creation date earliest: 1955
creation date latest: 1955
current location: 226B American Modern
creditline: Bequest of Kay Sage Tanguy
copyright: © Estate of Kay Sage / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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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
* Kay Sage (American, 1898–1963) - artist
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measurements: Unframed: 99.1 x 81.3 cm (39 x 32 in.)
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inscription: Signed lower left: Kay Sage '55
Written on back of stretcher: "A Bird in the Room '55 Kay Sage/Woodbury, Conn."
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Year in Review (1964)
opening date: 1964-12-08T05:00:00
Year in Review (1964). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 8, 1964-January 31, 1965).
title: Kay Sage, 1898-1963
opening date: 1977-01-26T05:00:00
Kay Sage, 1898-1963. Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, NY (organizer) (January 26-March 13, 1977); Art Gallery, University of Maryland at College Park, College Park, MD (April 5-May 15, 1977); Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, NY (June 8-July 20, 1977).
title: Double Solitaire: The Surrealist Worlds of Kay Sage and Yves Tanguy
opening date: 2011-06-05T00:00:00
Double Solitaire: The Surrealist Worlds of Kay Sage and Yves Tanguy. Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY (organizer) (June 5-September 18, 2011); Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley, MA (October 8, 2011-January 8, 2012); Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC (February 11, 2012-May 13, 2013).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Catherine Viviano Gallery, New York, "Kay Sage: Exhibition of Paintings," January 3-28, 1956, no. 7.', 'opening_date': '1956-01-03T05:00:00Z'}
* {'description': 'Catherine Viviano Gallery, New York, "Kay Sage Retrospective Exhibition, 1937-1958," April 5-30, 1960, no. 45.', 'opening_date': '1960-04-05T05:00:00Z'}
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PROVENANCE
Kay Sage [1898-1963], Woodbury, CT, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
date: 1955-1964
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1964-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Porter, Fairfield. "Kay Sage," Art News 54 (January 1956).
page number: Mentioned: p. 56; Reproduced: p. 56
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Breuning, Margaret. "Kay Sage," Arts 30 (January 1956).
page number: Mentioned: p. 49
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Devree, Howard. "Reality and Fantasy." New York Times, January 8, 1956.
page number: Reproduced: p. 19
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Kay Sage Retrospective Exhibition, 1937-1958, exh. cat. (New York: Catherine Viviano Gallery, 1960)
page number: Reproduced: n. 45
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"Annual Report for 1964," The Bulletin of The Cleveland Museum of Art 52 (June 1965).
page number: Mentioned: p. 156-157
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"Year in Review," The Bulletin of The Cleveland Museum of Art 52 (November 1965).
page number: Reproduced: p. 157
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Bailey, Holly M. Kay Sage, 1898-1963. Ithaca, NY: Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, 1977.
page number: Reproduced: n. 53
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Andre, Tomas. "Kay Sage: Exploring the Conscious Unconscious." Ithaca Post, Art section, February 27, 1977.
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Appelhof, Ruth Ann. "Kay Sage: the Super-Reality of Dreams and Modern Women Artists." Syracuse Guide Visual Arts section, May 1977.
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Miller, Stephen R. "The Surrealist Imagery of Kay Sage," Art International 26 (September - October 1983).
page number: Mentioned: p. 45; Reproduced: p. 44
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Suther, Judith D. A House of Her Own: Kay Sage, Solitary Surrealist. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1997.
page number: Mentioned: p. 167-171; Reproduced: p. 39
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Miller, Stephen Robeson, Jonathan Stuhlman. Double Solitaire: The Surreal Worlds of Kay Sage and Yves Tanguy. ed. Nancy Wallach. Katonah, N.Y.: Katonah Museum of Art, 2011.
page number: Reproduced: p. 98, no. 44
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Miller, Stephen Robeson, Jessie Sentivan, Mary Ann Caws, and Kay Sage. Kay Sage: Catalogue Raisonné. New York, NY : DelMonico Books/Prestel, 2018.
page number: jMentioned & reproduced: p. 290-291, pl. 1955.3
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