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Exhibition History"Commitment, Community and Controversy: The Des Moines Art Center Collections," Des Moines Art Center, Jan. 24 - May 10, 1998

"The Kirsch Years: 1936 - 1958," a testimonial exhibition assembled from the permanent collections of the Des Moines Art Center and the University of Nebraska Art Galleries, Lincoln; Des Moines Art Center, Jan. 7 - Feb. 10, 1974; University of Nebraska Art Galleries, Lincoln, Feb. 25 - Mar. 31, 1974

"Ben Nicholson," Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Apr. 15 - May 17, 1964

"Rosenfield Collection," Des Moines Art Center, July 15 - Aug. 13, 1960

"Community Angels Build," Grand Rapids Art Gallery, MI, Dec. 1, 1959 - Jan. 4, 1960

"Art To-Day," Des Moines Art Center, Feb. 2 - Mar. 2, 1958 (purchased from exhibition)
Published References"Ben Nicholson," Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, 1964, exh. cat. ref. no.44

"Rosenfield Collection," Des Moines Art Center, 1960, exh. cat. cover ill.

C. Leonhard, DISCOVERING MUSIC TOGETHER, Follett Educational Corp., Chicago, 1971, color ill. p.6

"The Kirsch Years: 1936 - 1958," Des Moines Art Center & University of Nebraska Art Galleries, Lincoln, 1974, exh. cat. no.50

DES MOINES ART CENTER: SELECTED PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES AND WORKS ON PAPER, Des Moines Art Center, 1985, ref. & b/w ill. p.163, pl.101
DimensionsFrame: 50 3/8 × 31 1/8 × 1 1/2 in. (128 × 79.1 × 3.8 cm)
Canvas: 47 3/4 × 29 3/8 in. (121.3 × 74.6 cm)
Accession Number 1958.27
Classificationspainting
CopyrightARS
SignedBen Nicholson 15 Feb. 56 (verso u,c)
ProvenanceArtist; (Durlacher Brothers, New York); Des Moines Art Center [purchased from the previous, 1958]
1956 (blue and lilac)
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Ben Foster
date unknown
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Adolph Gottlieb
1965
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Maurice Brazil Prendergast
1912-1914
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Louisa L. Chase
1983
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Ellsworth Kelly
1963
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Byron Ben Boyd
date unknown
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Agnes Martin
1974
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Robert Mangold
1973
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Walter Wellington Quirt
1951