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Henrietta Shore
Lifecirca 1921

Not on view
Vertical oil painting with three highly abstracted figures — two ivory white, one cobalt blue — flanked by olive green drapery, with a coral-red organic form at center

Henrietta Shore, Life, circa 1921, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of James and Linda Ries, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Henrietta Shore
Canada, active United States, 1880-1963
Title
Life
Place Made
United States
Date Made
circa 1921
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
31 1/2 x 26 in. (80.01 x 66.04 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of James and Linda Ries
Accession Number
M.88.125
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
American Art
Provenance
Estate of the artist, consigned to; [Penny L. Perlmutter, San Francisco, sold 1988 to]; LACMA.
Selected Bibliography
  • Vure, Sarah. Circles of Influence: Impressionism to Modernism in Southern California Art, 1910-1930. Newport Beach, CA. 2000.
  • LACMA: Obras Maestras 1750-1950: Pintura Estadounidense Del Museo De Arte Del Condado De Los Angeles. Mexico, D.F.: Museo Nacional de Arte, 2006.

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