Details
| Artist | Elihu Vedder, American, 1836-1923 |
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| Date | 1886 |
| Medium | Oil on cradled wood panel |
| Dimensions | Unframed: 17 3/4 × 27 1/2 inches (45.1 × 69.9 cm) Framed: 29 3/4 × 37 5/8 × 1 7/8 inches (75.6 × 95.6 × 4.8 cm) |
| Credit Line | Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Chazan, Arthur and Joyce Hurvitz, and Irwin and Gloria Sparr in honor of Mr. amd Mrs. Richard A. Manoogian |
| Accession Number | 1994.124 |
| Department | American Art before 1950 |
| On View | American W291, Level 2 (see map) |
Signed, Marks, Inscriptions
| Signed | Signed and dated, lower right: Elihu Vedder | Rome 1876 |
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| Inscriptions | Inscribed, lower left corner (on gold coin): 18 V.86 Inscribed, upper center: Delilah [translated from Hebrew] Inscribed, lower right: Elihu Vedder | Rome 1876 |
Provenance
1994-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Published References
“Art Notes.” Critic: A Weekly Review of Literature and the Arts 10, 7 (1887): p. 210.
Catalogue of Vedder’s Phototypes. Exh. cat. New York, 1887, nos. 9-10.
World’s Columbian Exposition. Exh. cat. Chicago, 1893, nos. 1035-1036.
Goodyear, William H. Renaissance and Modern Art. New York, 1894, p. 303.
Clement, Clara Erskine. “Later Religious Painting in America.” New England Magazine 12, 2 (April 1895): pp. 138-139.
Lusk, Lewis. “The Later Work of Elihu Vedder.” Art Journal 55 (1903): pp. 142-146.
Vedder, Elihu. The Digressions of V. 2 Vols. Boston, 1910, p. 485.
Soria, Regina. Elihu Vedder: American Visionary Artist in Rome (1836-1923). Rutherford, NJ, 1970, pp. 331-332, nos. 431-432.
American Expatriate Painters of the Late Nineteenth Century. Exh. cat., Dayton Art Institute. Dayton, OH, 1976, pp. 140-141, nos. 53-54.
Perceptions and Evocations: The Art of Elihu Vedder. Exh. cat., National Collection of Fine Arts. Washington, D.C., 1979, pp. 150-151, nos. 185-186.
All Walks of Life: Paintings of the Figure from the National Academy of Design. Exh. cat., National Academy of Design. New York, 1979, p. 83.
Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Paintings. Exh. cat., Jordan-Volpe Gallery. 1989, pp. 10-13.
Revisiting the White City: American Art at the 1893 World’s Fair. Exh. cat., National Museum of American Art. Washington, D.C., 1993, p. 337, nos. 1006-1007.
Catalogue of Vedder’s Phototypes. Exh. cat. New York, 1887, nos. 9-10.
World’s Columbian Exposition. Exh. cat. Chicago, 1893, nos. 1035-1036.
Goodyear, William H. Renaissance and Modern Art. New York, 1894, p. 303.
Clement, Clara Erskine. “Later Religious Painting in America.” New England Magazine 12, 2 (April 1895): pp. 138-139.
Lusk, Lewis. “The Later Work of Elihu Vedder.” Art Journal 55 (1903): pp. 142-146.
Vedder, Elihu. The Digressions of V. 2 Vols. Boston, 1910, p. 485.
Soria, Regina. Elihu Vedder: American Visionary Artist in Rome (1836-1923). Rutherford, NJ, 1970, pp. 331-332, nos. 431-432.
American Expatriate Painters of the Late Nineteenth Century. Exh. cat., Dayton Art Institute. Dayton, OH, 1976, pp. 140-141, nos. 53-54.
Perceptions and Evocations: The Art of Elihu Vedder. Exh. cat., National Collection of Fine Arts. Washington, D.C., 1979, pp. 150-151, nos. 185-186.
All Walks of Life: Paintings of the Figure from the National Academy of Design. Exh. cat., National Academy of Design. New York, 1979, p. 83.
Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Paintings. Exh. cat., Jordan-Volpe Gallery. 1989, pp. 10-13.
Revisiting the White City: American Art at the 1893 World’s Fair. Exh. cat., National Museum of American Art. Washington, D.C., 1993, p. 337, nos. 1006-1007.
