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Catalogue entry
298
Lehigh Canal
Alternate title: Lambertville Factories
1924–25
Oil on canvas
32 x 40 in. (81.28 x 101.6 cm)
Signed lower right: John F. Folinsbee
Provenance
Tom Folk
Lee and Barbara Maimon
Palmer Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University
Exhibitions
1926 Corcoran
The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 10th Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Paintings, April 4–May 16, 1926, no. 124, as Lehigh Canal.1926 Carnegie
The Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, 25th International Exhibition of Paintings, October 14–December 5, 1926, as Lehigh Canal.1927 PAFA
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 122nd Annual Exhibition, January 30–March 30, 1927, no. 266, as Lehigh Canal.1927 Montclair Museum
Montclair Art Museum of Art, Montclair, New Jersey, April 30–May 15, 1927, as Lehigh Canal.1927 AIC
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 40th Annual Exhibition of American Paintings and Sculpture, October 27–December 14, 1927, no. 73, as Lehigh Canal.1928 National Arts
National Arts Club, New York, January 1928, no. 66, as Lehigh Canal.1928 NAD
National Academy of Design, New York, 103rd Annual Exhibition, March 21–April 8, 1928, no. 111, as Lehigh Canal.1928 Cincinnati Museum
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, 35th Annual Exhibition of American Art, May 26–July 1, 1928, no. 20, ill., [40], as Lehigh Canal.1928 Saint Louis
City Art Museum of Saint Louis, St. Louis, 23rd Annual Exhibition of Selected Paintings by American Artists, September–October 1928, as Lehigh Canal.1928 RISD
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, November 3–December 2, 1928, as Lehigh Canal.1929 New London CT
New London, Connecticut, [Paintings by John Folinsbee], April–May 1929, as Lehigh Canal.1929 Lehigh University PA
Lehigh University Gallery, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, May 4–18, 1929, as Lehigh Canal.1929 AFA
American Federation of the Arts, Budapest, Hungary, [unknown title], December 1929, as Lehigh Canal.1930 Venice Biennale
Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy, 17th International Exhibition of Art: A Selection of Works by American Artists, Organized by Grand Central Art Galleries, New York, 1930, as Lehigh Canal.1935 Phillips Mill Community Assn
Phillips Mill Community Association, New Hope, Pennsylvania, Spring Exhibition, May 18–June 16, 1935, as Lehigh Canal.1995 Michener
James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, A Retrospective, March 25–June 18, 1995, no. 17, as Lambertville Factories, lent by Lee Maimon Inc, PST.2003–04 Michener
James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, Impressionism and Modernism in the New Hope Arts Community, November 2003–April 2004, as Lambertville Factories.2010 Woodmere Art Museum Phila
Woodmere Art Museum, John Folinsbee and American Modernism, November 6, 2010–March 6, 2011. (Jensen 2010), as Lehigh Canal.Published References
Cincinnati 1928
Cincinnati Art Museum. Catalogue of the 35th Annual Exhibition of American Art, May 26–July 1, 1928. Cincinnati: The Museum, 1928. Exhibition catalogue, p. [40], b/w ill., as Lehigh Canal.Folk 1984
Folk, Tom. The Pennsylvania Impressionists. Madison, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1984, color plate 41, as Lambertville Factories.Folk 1989
Folk, Thomas C. "Industrial Images from the Pennsylvania School of Landscape Painting." Mercer Mosaic 6 (Fall 1989), p. 90, b/w ill., as Lambertville Factories.Jensen 2010
Jensen, Kirsten M. John Folinsbee and American Modernism. Philadelphia: Woodmere Art Museum, 2010. Exhibition catalogue (2010 Woodmere Art Museum Phila), p. 15, color ill., as Lehigh Canal.Knight 2010
Knight, Cher Kraus. An Independent Spirit: The Art and Life of R.A.D. Miller. Doylestown, PA: James A. Michener Art Museum, 2010, p. 40, fig 19, color ill., as Lambertville Factories.Higgins 2011
Higgins, Edward. "John Folinsbee." ICON, p. 9, color ill., as Lehigh Canal.Jensen 2011
Jensen, Kirsten M. "John Folinsbee and American Modernism." American Art Review (February 2011), p. 94, color ill., as Lehigh Canal.Jensen 2013
Jensen, Kirsten M. Folinsbee Considered. Hudson Hills Press, 2013, p. 60, color ill.; p. 245, cat entry.Record last updated January 12, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Jensen, Kirsten M. ""Lehigh Canal, 1924–25 (JFF.298)." In John F. Folinsbee Catalogue Raisonné. www.johnfolinsbee.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=298 (accessed on April 24, 2024).