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Blashfield, Edwin Howland,
Aderente, Vincent,
Allegory -- Civic
Allegory -- Other
Figure group
Object -- Other
Mural
Lunette
Painting
Patria, (painting).
Artist:
Blashfield, Edwin Howland, 1848-1936, painter.
Aderente, Vincent, 1880-1941, painter.
Title:
Patria, (painting).
Dates:
1926.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Oil on canvas mounted on plaster wall.
Dimensions:
12 ft. x 8 ft. (365.76 x 238.76 cm).
Inscription:
(Lower right:) Edwin H. Blashfield/Vincent Aderente signed
Description:
Five allegorical figures with two American flags.
Subject:
Allegory -- Civic -- Patriotism
Allegory -- Other -- Union League Club of Chicago
Figure group
Object -- Other -- Flag
Object Type:
Mural
Lunette
Painting
Owner:
Union League Club of Chicago, 65 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604 Accession Number: UL1926.1
Remarks:
Commissioned by the Union Club's board of directors in 1926 to ideally symbolize the portent of the motto of the Club: "Welcome to Loyal Hearts we join ourselves to no party which does not carry the flag and keep step to the music of the Union."
References:
"Union League Club of Chicago Art Collection," Chicago: Union League Club of Chicago, 2003.
Union League Club of Chicago, 1996.
"Heroes in the fight for beauty: the muralists of the Hudson County Court House," Jersey City: Jersey City Museum, 1986, pg. 93.
King, Glenn, 2008.
Weiner, Mina Rieur, ed., "Edwin Howland Blashfield: Master American Muralist," New York, NY: W. W. Norton and Company, 2009, pg. 99.
Illustration:
"Union League Club of Chicago Art Collection," Chicago: Union League Club of Chicago, 2003.
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 62910034
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Inventory of American Paintings
62910034
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