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Lot description
Oil on canvas, 1942-51, signed 'Corbino' lower right. 30 1/8 x 40 1/8 x 1 in., 40 x 48 in. (frame). Note: According to a letter written by the artist, this work was started in the 1940s and completed in 1951, with changes made to the composition several times during the intervening years. Originally titled The Quarry #3, the painting has an extensive exhibition history under that title as well as the current title (see below). Exhibited: As Quarry #3: Macbeth Gallery, NY, 1940-41; Art Students League, NY, April 1940; Cleveland Museum of Art, 16th Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings, June 4-July 14, 1940; Newman Gallery, Philadelphia, The Da Vinci Alliance 3rd Annual, November 1940; City Art Museum, St. Louis, MO, 35th Annual Exhibition of American Painting, January 5-February 16, 1941, no. 17; Munson-William Proctor Institute, Utica, NY, A Memorial Exhibition of Paintings as a Tribute to the Late Robert Macbeth, Renowned Dealer in American Art, Showing the Work of Eighteen American Painters Discovered or Sponsored by the Macbeth Gallery, NYC, March 30-April 29, 1941; Andre Seligmann Galleries, NY, Paintings and Drawings by Jon Corbino, January 15-February 15, 1942; Andre Seligmann Gallery, NY, Paintings by Leading American Artists, May-June 1942; JL Hudson Company Fine Arts Gallery, Detroit, MI, An Exhibition of Paintings by Jon Corbino, October 11-23, 1943; National Academy of Design, NY, First Half of the 121st Annual Exhibition, January 4-22, 1947 Exhibited: As Bull in Quarry: Frank K.M. Rehn Gallery, NY, Latest Paintings by Jon Corbino, September 20-October 18, 1948; Galleries of Frank J. Oehlschlaeger, Chicago, IL, December 1951-April 1952; Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL, Jon Corbino: An Heroic Vision, January 9-March 1, 1987; Hickory Museum of Art, Hickory, NC, Jon Corbino: An Heroic Vision, April 4-May 31, 1987.