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720
Beth and Joan (The Sisters)
Alternate title: The Sisters
1924
Oil on canvas
32 x 40 in. (81.28 x 101.6 cm)
Signed lower right: John F. Folinsbee Jan. 1924
Folinsbee 1920s–40s stockbook: p. [64]
Private collection
Provenance
Collection of Ruth Baldwin Folinsbee.
Private collection
Private collection
Exhibitions
1924 Ferargil
Ferargil Gallery, New York, Paintings by John Folinsbee, January 24–February 8, 1924.
1924 CAFA
Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, Annex Gallery, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut, 14th Annual Exhibition, April 14–30, 1924, no. 25, as The Sisters, awarded Charles Noel Flagg Prize.
1924 Saint Louis
City Art Museum of Saint Louis, St. Louis, 19th Annual Exhibition of Selected Paintings by American Artists, October 15, 1924.
1925 Rochester
Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, New York, Contemporary American Paintings, –September 1925, no. 22, On view in the Eastman School of Music.
1925 Ferargil
Ferargil Gallery, New York, Paintings by John Folinsbee, February–March 1925.
1925 Albright-Knox Buffalo
Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, 19th Annual Exhibition of Selected Paintings by American Artists, April 19–June 15, 1925, no. 56, as The Sisters.
1926 Chicago
Carson, Pirie & Scott, Chicago, John Folinsbee, February 1926.
1986 St Botolph Boston
St. Botolph Club, Boston, John F. Folinsbee, 1986, no. 8.
1994 Newman
Newman Galleries, Philadelphia, John Folinsbee: Another View, April 8–30, 1994, no. 40.
2001 Ogunquit
Ogunquit Museum of American Art, Ogunquit, Maine, The Art of John Folinsbee, July–August 2001, no. 6.
2003 Gunn Memorial Museum
The Gunn Memorial Library and Museum, Picture Perfect: The Art of John Folinsbee, Summer/Fall 2003.
2016 James A. Michener Art Museum
James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, The Death of Impressionism?: Disruption and Innovation in Art, November 11, 2016–February 26, 2017.
Published References
Hartford Times 1924
"Connecticut Art Show Has Many Fine Paintings: Fourteenth Annual Academy Exhibition Attracts Crowds to Atheneum Annex Galleries." Hartford Times, April 19, 1924.
NY American 1924
"John Folinsbee." New York American, January 27, 1924.
Hartford Courant 1924a
"Prizes Awarded in Fine Arts. John F. Folinsbee Wins Flagg Donation at Academy Exhibit." Hartford Courant, April 14, 1924.
Hartford Courant 1924b
"14th Annual Fine Art Exhibit Ends." Hartford Courant, May 1, 1924.
Cook 1994
Cook, Peter G. John Folinsbee. New York: Kubaba Books, 1994, p. 75, color ill.
Jensen 2013
Jensen, Kirsten M. Folinsbee Considered. Hudson Hills Press, 2013, p. 46, color ill.
Record last updated August 13, 2019. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Jensen, Kirsten M. ""Beth and Joan (The Sisters), 1924 (JFF.720)." In John F. Folinsbee Catalogue Raisonné. www.johnfolinsbee.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=720 (accessed on March 29, 2024).