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Cathedrals of Art, (painting). Artist:  Stettheimer, Florine, 1871-1944, painter. Title:  Cathedrals of Art, (painting). Dates:  1942-1944. Medium:  Oil. Dimensions:  60 x 50 in. Description:  At center, red-carpeted sairway leads under an arch with "Metropolitan" lettered above, "Art in America" vertically on the left and "American Art" vertically on the right. Inside the arch, appears a stage set representing the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Depicted are paintings, sculpture and figures, with a chandelier above. On the left side of the painting, The Museum of Modern Art is represented. In the foreground an elegantly dressed man stands at left and leans on a pedestal and an elegantly dressed woman stands at right under a canopy. At center, at the base of the staircase, a nude baby is on the ground while two photographers flash their cameras. Subject:  Architecture -- Art Building -- Museum Architecture -- Art Building -- Metropolitan Museum of Art Architecture -- Art Building -- Museum of Modern Art Architecture -- Art Building -- Whitney Museum of American Art Object -- Art Object -- Painting Object -- Art Object -- Sculpture Occupation -- Art -- Artist Occupation -- Art -- Photographer Object -- Art Tool -- Camera Figure group Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Metropolitan Museum of Art, 5th Avenue at 82nd Street, New York, New York 10028 References:  Bloemink, Barbara J., "The life and art of Florine Stettheimer," New Haven: Yale University Press, 1995, fig. 122. "Florine Stettheimer: still lifes, portraits and pageants, 1901 to 1942 [exhibition]," Boston : Institute of Contemporary Art, 1980, no. 32. Illustration:  Bloemink, Barbara J., "The life and art of Florine Stettheimer," New Haven: Yale University Press, 1995, pg. 222. "Florine Stettheimer: still lifes, portraits and pageants, 1901 to 1942 [exhibition]," Boston : Institute of Contemporary Art, 1980, fig. 20. 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 89470060   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 89470060 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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