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The Split-Up: The Beginning of a New Art in America

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Artist(s): Charles Prendergast (St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, May 27, 1863 - Aug 20, 1948, Norwalk, CT)
Title: Flight of the Birds
Date: c. 1915
Dimensions: 23 in. x 31 in. (58.42 cm x 78.74 cm)
Medium: tempera, graphite, gold and silver leaf on incised, carved, and gessoed panel
Credit Line: Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA, gift of anonymous donor, 1928.47

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Exhibition History

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

Terms of Criticism, Addison Gallery of American Art, 00/00/00 - 5/10/1965
Charles Prendergast, 1869-1948: Memorial Exhibition, Kraushaar Galleries, 1/4/1954 - 1/23/1954
Loan to Stevens Memorial Library, Stevens Memorial Library, 12/16/1954 - 7/8/1955
Loan to Stevens Memorial Library, Stevens Memorial Library, 11/11/1955 - 6/25/1956
Terms of Criticism, Addison Gallery of American Art, 7/26/1963 - 12/23/1963
Terms of Criticism, Addison Gallery of American Art, 7/15/1966 - 10/3/1966
The Art of Charles Prendergast, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 10/2/1968 - 3/22/1969
Terms of Criticism, Addison Gallery of American Art, 7/18/1969 - 10/19/1969
The Works, Addison Gallery of American Art, 11/7/1969 - 2/22/1970
The Split-Up: The Beginning of a New Art in America, Addison Gallery of American Art, 3/13/1981 - 4/12/1981
Charles Prendergast: Sculptures and Carved Panels, Williams College Museum of Art, 4/22/1984 - 9/16/1984
Framework: American Pictures and Frames, Addison Gallery of American Art, 1/16/1999 - 4/4/1999
75 Years of Giving, Addison Gallery of American Art, 4/11/2006 - 7/31/2006
Eye on the Collection, Addison Gallery of American Art, 9/1/2017 - 7/31/2018
Currents/Crosscurrents: American Art, 1850–1950, Addison Gallery of American Art, 10/16/2020 - 3/7/2021

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