id:			151903
accession number:	1984.192
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1984.192
updated:		2025-02-09 04:16:00.688000

Bathers, c. 1955. Doris E. Lee (American, 1905–1983). Oil on canvas; unframed: 101.6 x 132.1 cm (40 x 52 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Doris E. Lee 1984.192

title:				Bathers
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creation date:			c. 1955
creation date earliest:		1950
creation date latest:		1960
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creditline:			Bequest of Doris E. Lee
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culture:	America
technique:	oil on canvas
department:	American Painting and Sculpture
collection:	American - Painting
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Doris E. Lee (American, 1905–1983)  - artist
Lee graduated from Rockford College and then studied with Ernest Lawson at the Kansas City Art Institute. After visiting Europe, she attended the California School of Fine Arts where she learned to paint from nature. She moved to Woodstock, New York in 1931 and became a well known figure in the artists' colony there, working with Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Peggy Bacon and Leon Kroll. In 1935 one of her whimsical, anecdotal paintings of American life won the Logan Medal and the Art Institute of Chicago. The Institute's acquisition of that work established Lee's reputation and encouraged important commissions and acquisitions by other major institutions. Bathers shows a debt to Avery who was a fellow Woodstocker and close friend.
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measurements: Unframed: 101.6 x 132.1 cm (40 x 52 in.)
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	inscription:	Signed lower right: Doris Lee
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review for 1984
	opening date:   1985-04-03T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review for 1984</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 3-May 5, 1985).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA 1985:  "Year in Review 1984," Bulletin 72 (April 1985), p. 202, no. 56.', 'opening_date': '1985-04-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': "Tampa, FL: Tampa Museum of Art, December 9, 1989-February 25, 1990:  At the Water's Edge:  19th and 20th Century American Beach Scenes, p. 123, repr.  p. 103.", 'opening_date': '1989-12-09T00:00:00'}

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