id:			151536
accession number:	1983.81
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1983.81
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:52.391000

Lilies and Sparrow, c. 1920. Joseph Stella (American, 1877–1946). Colored pencil, silverpoint, and white gouache; sheet: 72.4 x 57.1 cm (28 1/2 x 22 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Delia E. Holden Fund 1983.81

title:				Lilies and Sparrow
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creation date:			c. 1920
creation date earliest:		1915
creation date latest:		1925
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creditline:			Delia E. Holden Fund
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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	Colored pencil, silverpoint, and white gouache
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - American 20th Century
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Joseph Stella (American, 1877–1946)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 72.4 x 57.1 cm (28 1/2 x 22 1/2 in.)
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	description:	beige(1) wove paper
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	inscription:	signed, lower right, in graphite: Joseph Stella; along right edge, in graphite: 62 x 74 / 48 [circled]

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1983
	opening date:   1984-02-22T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1983</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 22-April 8, 1984).

	title:		America Draws
	opening date:   1984-12-28T05:00:00
	<i>America Draws</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1984-March 17, 1985).

	title:		Joseph Stella
	opening date:   1994-04-21T04:00:00
	<i>Joseph Stella</i>. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (organizer) (April 21-October 9, 1994).

	title:		American Drawings from the Permanent Collection
	opening date:   1998-04-19T00:00:00
	<i>American Drawings from the Permanent Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 19-July 12, 1998).

	title:		Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2000-08-27T00:00:00
	<i>Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 27-October 17, 2000); The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY (May 23-August 19, 2001); Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX (October 14, 2001-January 6, 2002).

	title:		Joseph Stella: Visionary Nature
	opening date:   2023-02-23T05:00:00
	<i>Joseph Stella: Visionary Nature</i>. High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA (organizer) (February 23-May 21, 2023) https://high.org/exhibition/joseph-stella-visionary-nature/.

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Sergio Stella, Glen Head, NY
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	(Harriet Griffin Fine Arts, Inc., New York, NY, sold to Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: 1983
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1983-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Glaubinger, Jane. "Two Drawings by Joseph Stella." <em>Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 70, no. 10 (December 1983): 382-395.
	page number: 	Mentioned: 382-395; Reproduced: p. 393
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	Haskell, Barbara. <em>Joseph Stella</em>. Exh. Cat. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1994.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 120; Reproduced: no. 136
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	DeGrazia, Diane, and Carter E. Foster. <em>Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Exh. Cat. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2000.
	page number: 	Mentioned: pp. 244-245, 297; Reproduced: p. 245
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