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Home > Art > Torn Signs

Torn Signs

Artist

Ralston Crawford

Date

April 15, 1974-1976

Medium

Oil on canvas

Object Type

Painting

Dimensions

H- 54 x W- 72 in. (137.2 x 183 cm)

Artist's Country of Birth

Canada

Collecting Area

American Modernism

Credit Line

The Vilcek Foundation

Accession Number

VF2015.05.06

Copyright

© Estate of Ralston Crawford/VAGA, New York

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The Artist;
By descent to the Artist’s son, John C. Crawford, Brooklyn, NY;
Jan T. and Marica Vilcek Collection, New York, NY, 2015;

New York, NY. Zabriskie Gallery. Ralston Crawford. November 23-December 11, 1976, cat. no. 7.

New York, NY. Robert Miller Gallery. Ralston Crawford (1906-1978): An Exhibition of Abstract Works in Painting, Photography and Drawing. December 1, 1987-January 2, 1988.

Possibly: New York, NY. Hirschl & Adler Galleries. Ralston Crawford’s America. September 28-November 9, 1996.

New York, NY. Salander O’Reilly Galleries. Ralston Crawford (1906-1978): Paintings, Photographs & Drawings, May 10-June 30, 2007.

Corpus Christi, TX. The Art Museum of South Texas. Masterpieces of American Modernism from the Vilcek Collection of American Art. September 13, 2018-January 6, 2019.

New York, NY. Vilcek Foundation. Ralston Crawford: Torn Signs. May 13-November 13, 2019, pp. 17, 21, 26, 27-28, 32, 34, 39, 49-50, 60, 66, 106, 122, ill. pp. 30, 41, 67.

St. Peter, MN. The Hillstrom Museum of Art. Ralston Crawford: Torn Signs. September 12-November 6, 2022.

Haskell, Barbara. Ralston Crawford. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1985, p. 120-122, ill. p. 125, fig. 138.

Salvesen, Magda and Diane Cousineau, eds. Artists’ Estates: Reputations in Trust. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2005, ill. p. 274.

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