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JFF.1334
Shag Rock
1954
Oil on canvas
26 x 40 in. (66.04 x 101.6 cm)
Signed lower right: John Folinsbee; printed on gold label affixed to top frame verso: Margaret Cooper Prize/Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts"
Provenance
The artist
Exhibitions
The Century Association, New York, Artist Members' Exhibition, November 1954, Centurion Votes Prize.
Connecticut Academy of the Fine Arts, Avery Gallery, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut, 45th Annual Exhibition, March 12–April 3, 1955, Margaret Cooper Prize.
Woodmere Art Gallery, Philadelphia, Paintings by John F. Folinsbee and Peter Cook with Sculpture by Charles Chase, February 12–March 4, 1956, no. 2.
National Academy of Design, New York, 137th Annual Exhibition, February 22–March 18, 1962.
Pennsylvania Military College, Chester, Pennsylvania, Exhibition of Pennsylvania Artists from the Woodmere, May–June 1965.
Published References
"Conn. Academy 45th Exhibition Winners Listed." Hartford Courant, March 11, 1955.
"Fine Arts Show Opens at Atheneum Saturday." Hartford Courant, March 14, 1955.
Notes
Received the Centurion Votes Prize at the 1954 Artist Members' Exhibition, The Century Association.
Awarded the Margaret Cooper Prize, Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, 1955.
Record last updated April 22, 2015. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Jensen, Kirsten M. ""Shag Rock, 1954 (JFF.1334)." In John F. Folinsbee Catalogue Raisonné. www.johnfolinsbee.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=1334 (accessed on May 2, 2025).