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CARL ROBERT HOLTY (1900-1973)
Big Red Painting
signed 'Holty' (lower left)
oil on canvas
5934 x 5418 in. (151.8 × 137.5 cm.)
Painted in 1965-1966.
Provenance
Mari and James A. Michener, Austin, acquired directly from the artist, circa 1966
Gift of the above to the present owner, 1968
Exhibited
Allentown, Muhlenberg College, Selections from the James A. Michener Foundation Collection, April-May 1967.
Allentown Art Museum, Carl Holty, September 1967.
Columbus, Georgia, Columbus Museum of Arts and Crafts, The University of Georgia, Holty's Hegira, November 1968-February 1969.
San Antonio, Witte Memorial Museum and Beaumont, Wilson Memorial Art Center, American Paintings of the Sixties from the Michener Collection, The University of Texas at Austion, January-August 1970.
Springfield, Missouri, Springfield Art Museum, The Sixties, From the Michener Collection, The University of Texas at Austin, September-October 1971.
The University of Texas at Austin, University Art Museum, The Michener Collection: American Paintings of the Twentieth Century, November-March 1973.
The University of Texas at Austin, University Art Museum, Carl Holty (1900-1973): A Memorial Exhibition from the Michener Collection, June 1973-January 1975.
The University of Texas at Austin, University Art Museum, Figure & Form 1960-1970, Selections from the Michener Collection, May-August 1978.
Austin, The Blanton Museum of Art, Go West!: The West Abstracted, April-October 2012.
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