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The Enigma of the Collective American Soul

Artist Philip Evergood (American, 1901-1973)
Date1959
DimensionsH: 70 in. (178 cm); W: 36 in. (91.6 cm)
MediumOil on canvas
ClassificationPaintings
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Gosman
Object number
1972.85
Not on View
Published ReferencesDennison, George, "Month in Review," Arts Magazine, vol. 34, no. 8, May 1960, p. 50.

New York Times Book Review, July 1, 1962, repr. p. 5.

"Recent Accessions," Art Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 4, Winter 1973, p. 433.

Baur, J. I. H., Philip Evergood, New York, 1975, pp. 65, 72, fig. 20.

Taylor, K., "Philip Evergood and the Humanist Intention," unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, Syracuse University, 1979, p. 138.

Toledo Museum of Art, The Toledo Museum of Art, American Paintings, Toledo, 1979, pp. 46-47, pl. 260.

Exhibition HistoryNew York, Whitney Musem of American Art, Philip Evergood Retrospective, 1960, repr. pl. 88 (cat. by J. I. H. Baur).

Hartford, Wadsworth Atheneum, Doris Caesar, Philip Evergood, 1960, no. 78.

University of Pittsburgh, Department of Fine Arts Art Gallery, The Gosman Collection, 1969, no. 20, repr.

Madison, University of Wisconsin, Elvehjem Art Center, 19th and 20th Century Art from the Collection of Alumni and Friends, 1970, p. 74, repr.

Lewisburg, PA, Center Gallery of Bucknell University; Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y., Blum Art Institute, Bard College; Los Angeles, Wight Art Gallery, UCLA, Philip Evergood: Never Separate from the Heart, 1986-1987.

Albuquerque Museum of Art, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1986-1987.

Kennedy Galleries, Inc. New Yrok, N.Y. 2003.

Columbus (OH) Museum of Art; Portland (OR) Art Museum; Evanston, Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, American Expressionism, 2003-2004, p. 260, fig. 230 (col.) Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, N.J. 2004.

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