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    		• Drewes, Werner,
     
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    		• Abstract
     
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    		• Allegory -- Passion
     
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    Gaeity in Times of Distress, (painting).
    Artist: 
    Drewes, Werner, 1899-1985, painter.
    Title: 
    Gaeity in Times of Distress, (painting).
    Dates: 
    1943.
    Medium: 
    Oil on canvas.
    Dimensions: 
    19 7/8 x 30 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Lower left:) 4 (peace sign) 3
    Subject: 
    Abstract
    Allegory -- Passion -- Joy
    Object Type: 
    Painting
    Owner: 
    Auburn University, Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, 901 South College Street, Auburn, Alabama 36849
    Provenance: 
    Formerly in the collection of United States Department of State, New York, New York
    War Assets Administration Sale, New York, New York 1948.
    Acquired 1948.
    References: 
    Littleton, Taylor D. and Maltby Sykes, "Advancing American Art: painting, politics, and cultural confrontation at mid-century," Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press, 1989, no. 20.
    "Advancing American Art: politics and aesthetics in the State Department Exhibition, 1946-48," Montgomery, AL: Montgomery Museum of Art, 1984, no. 27.
    Illustration: 
    Littleton, Taylor D. and Maltby Sykes, "Advancing American Art: painting, politics, and cultural confrontation at mid-century," Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press, 1989, no. 20.
    "Advancing American Art: politics and aesthetics in the State Department Exhibition, 1946-48," Montgomery, AL: Montgomery Museum of Art, 1984, fig. 32, pg. 61.
    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 68280015
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