id: 174043
accession number: 1972.905
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Boat Builder, c. 1904. John George Brown (American, 1831–1913). Oil on canvas; framed: 98 x 120 x 11 cm (38 9/16 x 47 1/4 x 4 5/16 in.); unframed: 80 x 101.6 cm (31 1/2 x 40 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection 1972.905
title: Boat Builder
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creation date: c. 1904
creation date earliest: 1889
creation date latest: 1909
current location: 207 American Realism
creditline: Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection
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culture: America, late 19th-early 20th Century
technique: oil on canvas
department: American Painting and Sculpture
collection: American - Painting
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* John George Brown (American, 1831–1913) - artist
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measurements: Framed: 98 x 120 x 11 cm (38 9/16 x 47 1/4 x 4 5/16 in.); Unframed: 80 x 101.6 cm (31 1/2 x 40 in.)
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inscription: signed lower right: J.G. Brown N.A.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'CMA 1973: "Year in Review for 1972," Bulletin, LX (March, 1973), p. 82, no. 115.', 'opening_date': '1973-03-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Atlanta, High Museum of Art, April 2 - July 31, 1994: "John George Brown: The Dignity of Years".', 'opening_date': '1994-04-02T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1972-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
American Federation of Arts. American Art Annual. Florence N. Levy, ed. volume XI. Boston: Noyes, Platt & Co, 1914.
page number: Mentioned: p. 479
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Cleveland Museum of Art. "A Check List: American Paintings and Water Colors of the Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Early Twentieth Centuries in The Cleveland Museum of Art." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art. 60:1 (January, 1973). pp. 1-36.
page number: Mentioned: p. 23
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Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1972." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art. 60:3 (March, 1973). pp. 63-115.
page number: Reproduced: p. 82, fig. 115; Mentioned: p. 109
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"Recent Accessions of American and Canadian Museums, July-September, 1972." The Art Quarterly. 36 (Spring/Summer, 1973).
page number: Mentioned: p. 114
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Lurie, Ann Tzeutschler and William S. "Annual Report for 1972." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art. 60:6 (June, 1973). pp. 171-205.
page number: Mentioned: p. 178
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 231
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n250
Rice, Pierce, "J. G. Brown, The Bootblack Raphael." American Art & Antiques. 2:3 (May/June, 1979).
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Placidi, Kathleen S. "Beyond Bootblacks: The Boatbuilder and the Art of John George Brown." The Cleveland Museum of Art Bulletin. 77:10 (December, 1990). pp. 366-382.
page number: Mentioned: pp. 366-368; Reproduced: p. 367
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161306
Chong, Alan. European & American Painting in the Cleveland Museum of Art: A Summary Catalogue. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1993.
page number: Reproduced: p. 24
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Truettner, William H., and Roger B. Stein. Picturing Old New England: Image and Memory. Washington, D.C.: National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution; New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1999.
page number: Reproduced: p. 154, fig. 172
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Hoppin, Martha J. The World of J.G. Brown. Chesterfield, MA: Chameleon Books, 2010.
page number: Reproduced: p. 222, 244, fig. 10-18
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