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Young Woman in Black

Young Woman in Black

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Homer Boss

Artist
Homer Boss
(American, 1882 - 1956)
Title
Young Woman in Black
Date
ca. 1910
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
74 1/4 x 36 in. Overall
Credit
Gift of Drs. Jon and Susan Udell in memory of Suzanne and Homer Boss
Accession No.
1978.18
Classification
Paintings
Geography
United States

Related

To 1956, collection of the artist, Homer Boss (New York, NY and Santa Cruz, NM); passed through inheritance to the artist’s wife, Suzanne Boss (Santa Cruz, NM); 1976, passed through inheritance to the artist’s niece, Mrs. Jon G. Udell (Madison, WI); May 1978, gifted by Mr. and Mrs. Jon G. Udell (Madison, WI) to the Elvehjem Art Center [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

  • Udell, Susan S. "Homer Boss: The Figure and the Land: The Legacy of Homer Boss, An Independent Artist." Madison, Wis.: Regents of the University of Wisconsin System, 1994. p. 49, no. 1
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Handbook of the Collection." Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Madison, 1990. no. 113
  • Sansom Foundation, Inc. "The World of William Glackens, volume II: the C. Richard Hilker Art Lectures." New York: Sansom Foundation, Inc.; distributed by ARTBOOK/D.A.P., 2017. p. 139, no. 104

  • American Paintings from the William Benton Collection & the Permanent Collection: Chazen Museum of Art, 2/20/2006–8/9/2006
  • Homer Boss: The Figure and the Land: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 7/29/1994–9/25/1994
  • Woman: Terra Museum of American Art, 2/18/1984–4/22/1984

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