The Children's Lunch

Arts of the Americas

1928

Alexander Brook
American, 1898–1980

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of the Americas

Artist: Alexander Brook
Title: The Children's Lunch
Origin: United States
Date: 1928
Medium: Oil on canvas
Inscriptions: on table left corner below mat: "A. Brook, 1928"
Dimensions: 90.8 × 101 cm (35 3/4 × 39 3/4 in.)
Credit Line: Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Logan Purchase Prize Fund
Reference Number: 1929.864

Art Institute of Chicago, Forty–Second Annual Exhibition of American Painting and Sculpture, Oct 24–Dec 8, 1929, cat. 30 (ill.).
Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress, Jun 1–Nov 1, 1933, cat. 519 (ill.).
Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress, Jun 1–Nov 1, 1934, cat. 543.
Carnegie Institute, Mar–May, 1934.
Wadsworth Atheneum, American Painting and Sculpture of the 18th, 19th and 20th Centuries, Jan 29–Feb 19, 1935, cat. 43.
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Berkshire Museum, Aug–Sep 1941.
Muskegon, Hackley Art Gallery, Nov 4–29, 1950.
University of Minnesota, Jun 15–Sep 15, 1953.
Dayton Art Institute, Apr 6–May 1, 1955.
Milwaukee Art Center, Oct 31, 1959–Feb 14, 1960.
New York, Gallery of Modern Art, The Twenties Revisited, Jun 29–Sep 5, 1965.
American Federation of Arts, American Still–Life Painting, 1913–1967, Cedar Rapids Art Center, Oct 6–27, 1967; Maine, Portland Museum of Art, Jan 19–Feb 9, 1968, Flint Institute of Arts, Feb 23–Mar 15, 1968; Allentown Art Museum, May 8–29, 1968; College of Arts and Crafts, university of Maryland, Oct 24–Nov 14, 1968, cat. 3.

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