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The Family (In Memory of a Summer in the White Mountains)

The Family (In Memory of a Summer in the White Mountains)

1917
(American, 1887–1968)
America
plain weave silk; wool embroidery
object: 86.4 x 72.4 cm (34 x 28 1/2 in.); Framed: 91.4 x 77.8 cm (36 x 30 5/8 in.)
Edwin R. and Harriet Pelton Perkins Memorial Fund 2020.261
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

In 1925, Zorach served as first president of the New York Society of Women Artists, an organization still in existence.

Description

Marguerite Zorach conceived her large, complex embroideries as major artistic statements at a time when the medium was routinely considered “craft,” as opposed to “fine art.” In doing so, she helped to erase such distinctions. One of her most acclaimed works, this example celebrates humanity in harmony with nature, presenting the artist, her husband (a Cleveland-raised sculptor named William Zorach), and their son amid an evergreen tree and four pairs of animals. Very time consuming to create, Zorach’s embroideries are rare.
  • 1917?
    Collection of the artist, gifted to Nathan and Eda Krass, New York, NY
    Nathan and Eda Krass, New York, NY, gifted to their daughter, Alice Krass Loewenheim and Arnold J. Loewenheim, New York, NY
    Alice Krass Loewenheim and Arnold J. Loewenheim, New York, by descent to their daughter Lucy Loewenheim Cohen, Rockville, MD
    2020
    (James Reinish and Associates, and Kraushaar Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    2020-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Year Book of the Architectural League of New York, and Catalogue of the Thirty-ninth Annual Exhibition. 1924. Reproduced: p.80
    Lippman, Herbert. "The Architectural League Inhibition." The Arts 5, No.3 (March 1924). Mentioned: p.134; Reproduced: p.137
    Friedman Hoffman, Marilyn. Marguerite and William Zorach: The Cubist Years, 1915-1918. Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 1987. Reproduced: Frontispiece
    Shilliam, Nicola J. "Emerging Identity: American Textile Artists in the Early Twentieth Century." In Carlano, Annie, and Nicola J. Shilliam. Early Modern Textiles: From Arts and Crafts to Art Deco. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1993. p. 28-44
    Burk, Efram L. "Testament to American Modernism: The Prints of William and Marguerite Zorach." Ph.D. dissertation, The Pennsylvania State University, 1998. Mentioned: pp.163, 211
    Fowler, Cynthia. "Early American Modernism and Craft Production: The Embroideries of Marguerite Zorach." Ph.D. dissertation, University of Delaware, 2002. Mentioned: pp.112, 142; Reproduced: p.237
    Cheney, Liana. Essays on Women Artists: "The Most Excellent." Vol.2. Lewiston, N.Y.: Edwin Mellen Press, 2003. Mentioned: p.78
    Fowler, Cynthia. The Modern Embroidery Movement. London: Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2018. Mentioned: p.214; Reproduced: p.215, n.15
    Shaykin, Rebecca, and Claudia Gould. Edith Halpert: The Downtown Gallery and the Rise of American Art. Jewish Museum, New York; New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2019. Mentioned and reproduced: p.31
    Butler, Eliza. "Review: Edith Halpert and the Rise of American Art." Panorama: Journal of the Association of Historians of American Art 6, no.1 (Spring 2020). Mentioned (unpaginated) article
    Litt, Steven. "Piece from Rose Iron Works highlights latest acquisitions." The Plain Dealer. December 20, 2020. Mentioned and reproduced: p.D3
    Kenny, Nancy, "Acquisitions," Art Newspaper, 331 (February 2021).
     Mentioned and reproduced, p. 23.
    New on View.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine vol. 64, no. 1 (2024): Back cover. Reproduced and Mentioned: Back cover.
  • Edith Halpert: The Downtown Gallery and the Rise of American Art. Jewish Museum, New York, NY (18 October, 2019 - 9 February, 2020).
    Marguerite and William Zorach: The Cubist Years, 1915-1918. Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH (11 January - 15 February, 1987); traveled to The Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA (7 March - 19 April, 1987); to Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME (26 April - 31 May, 1987); to Robert Hull Fleming Museum of Art, Burlington, VT (12 June - 16 August, 1987).
    Omaha Society of Fine Arts, Omaha, NE (unknown date).
    Opening Exhibition: Small Paintings by Leading Contemporary Artists. Our Gallery, New York, NY (6 November - ?, 1926).
    Thirty-ninth Annual Exhibition. Architectural League of New York, NY. (3 February - 2 March, 1924).
    Exhibition of Embroidered Tapestries by Marguerite Zorach. Montross Gallery, New York, NY (5-17 February, 1923); traveled to Society of Arts and Crafts, Detroit, MI (1924).
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2020.261