SAL record control number: 163178 ;

Record level: Item ;

Record type: Movable work ;

Work title: Vieux Carré, New Orleans, LA  [from collection database] ;

Alternate work titles:
2023 : Vieux Carré, New Orleans, LA  [from collection database] ;

Work date: 1964  [from collection database] ;

Work creator: George Beline (1887-1971) [RA 1931-1971] ;

Work medium:  Oil on canvas ;
Work dimensions: 35 x 33-1/8 inches [unframed] | 42-1/4 x 40 x 2-3/4 inches [framed] ;

Inscribed / signed front:
Location: At lower right.
Dated?: No.
Text: ‘George Beline’.

Verso:

Marking type: Writing on card.
Location: Frame verso.
Text: ‘For Peter Matulauage from Gloria B. Smith’.

Marking type: Label.
Location: Frame verso.
Text: ‘Salmagundi Club Summer 1964 Exhibition / Vieux Carre – New Orleans, LA.’.

SAL category: Oil ;
SAL sub-category: Genre ;

Archives of American Art subjects:
Architecture
Architecture exterior
Architecture exterior — Commercial
Architecture exterior — Commercial — Store
Art
Art — American
Art ― Private collections ― New York (State)
Art ― Private collections ― New York (State) ― Salmagundi
Figure
Figure female
Object
Object — Fruit
Object — Vegetable
Occupation
Occupation — Vendor

Description of work:

Provenance:
ca.1980s SCNY, New York, NY, gift of Peter Andrew Matulavage (1913-1990) [RA 1973-1990], former curator of the club, New York, NY, accession #2007.652 ;
after ca.1964 Private collection of Peter Andrew Matulavage (1913-1990) [RA 1973-1990], former curator of the club, New York, NY ;
after ca.1964 Private collection of Gloria B Smith (?-?), [city unknown, likely New York], [state unknown, likely NY] ;
1964 George Beline (1887-1971) [RA 1931-1971], the artist .

Exhibition history:
2023 SCNY Big! : oversize works from the collection January 28 – April 1.
1964 SCNY Summer exhibition of oil paintings water colors prints and sculpture June 6 – September 4.

References / citations:
– SCNY Summer exhibition of oil paintings water colors prints and sculpture June 6 – September 4, 1964, #[unknown] [this is not listed in the catalog for this exhibition.  It is unclear if this might have been a substitute for another painting Dance of life #20A in the exhibition.]
– Collection database, accession #2007.652.

Notes:

Document information

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Digital-born document number:
SAL.2023.163178

Record birth date:
February 22, 2023

Last updated: February 22, 2023 at 19:36 pm