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Blashfield, Edwin Howland,
Aderente, Vincent,
Allegory -- Arts & Sciences
Allegory -- Arts & Sciences
Mural
Painting
Music and the
Dance
: Ceiling and Decorative Panels for Waldorf Astoria Ballroom, (painting).
Artist:
Blashfield, Edwin Howland, 1848-1936, painter.
Aderente, Vincent, 1880-1941, painter.
Title:
Music and the
Dance
: Ceiling and Decorative Panels for Waldorf Astoria Ballroom, (painting).
Dates:
1893.
Digital Reference:
Dimensions:
2 murals. Each: approx. 45 x 66 ft.
Subject:
Allegory
--
Arts
&
Sciences
--
Dance
Allegory
--
Arts
&
Sciences
--
Music
Object Type:
Mural
Painting
Owner:
Destroyed.
Provenance:
Formerly in the collection of Waldorf Astoria Hotel, Park Avenue, Ballroom ceiling, New York, New York
Remarks:
This mural was the first mural Vincent Aderente worked on with Edwin Blashfield. IAP files contain a copy of an article describing the murals from the New York Times, Oct. 3, 1887.
References:
Richard Murray, 1977.
Brochure of the Mural Painters, a National Society Founded 1895, New York: the Kalkhoff Company, 1916.
"Heroes in the fight for beauty: the muralists of the Hudson County Court House," Jersey City: Jersey City Museum, 1986, pg. 94.
King, Glenn, 2008.
Weiner, Mina Rieur, ed., "Edwin Howland Blashfield: Master American Muralist," New York, NY: W. W. Norton and Company, 2009, pg. 75.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAP 73210121
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Control Number
Inventory of American Paintings
73210121
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