Kathleen Blackshear
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Kathleen Blackshear #30,973

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personAmerican, 1897–1988
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Selected Works9

Museum Acquisitions

Art Institute of Chicago
Ruby Lee - print #8 of 52 in the 1936 Calendar of The Chicago Society of Artists
Ruby Lee - print #8 of 52 in the 1936 Calendar of The Chicago Society of Artists, 1936
Acquired 2012
Relief print in black on cream wove (simili Japan) paper
Art Institute of Chicago
Baptism - print #6 of 52 in the 1936 Calendar of The Chicago Society of Artists
Baptism - print #6 of 52 in the 1936 Calendar of The Chicago Society of Artists, 1936
Acquired 2012
Relief print in black on cream wove (simili Japan) paper
Art Institute of Chicago
Crabs, Etc.
Crabs, Etc.
Acquired 2011
Etching in black on ivory laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago
Portrait of Richard
Portrait of Richard
Acquired 2010
Lithograph in black on cream wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago
A Boy Named Alligator
A Boy Named Alligator, 1930
Acquired 1991
Oil on canvas
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Untitled (Scrub Woman)
Untitled (Scrub Woman)
Acquired 1953
Lithograph
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Untitled (African Masks and Heads)
Untitled (African Masks and Heads)
Acquired 1953
Lithograph
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The Strummer
The Strummer, 1927
Acquired 1930
Oil on canvas

Previous Sales

Wright
Fruit on the Pass-Pantry
Fruit on the Pass-Pantry
$635
Jan 1970
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Other Museum Acquisitions8

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Ruby Lee - print #8 of 52 in the 1936 Calendar of The Chicago Society of Artists
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2012 · Accession 2012.408.34 · Relief print in black on cream wove (simili Japan) paper
Gift of Deborah Horwitz and Paul Nierman
Baptism - print #6 of 52 in the 1936 Calendar of The Chicago Society of Artists
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2012 · Accession 2012.408.27 · Relief print in black on cream wove (simili Japan) paper
Gift of Deborah Horwitz and Paul Nierman
Crabs, Etc.
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2011 · Accession 2010.801 · Etching in black on ivory laid paper
Bequest of Vera Berdich
Portrait of Richard
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2010 · Accession 2009.723 · Lithograph in black on cream wove paper
Bequest of Vera Berdich
A Boy Named Alligator
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 1991 · Accession 1991.160 · Oil on canvas
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Terrell, Sr.
Untitled (Scrub Woman)
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston · Houston, United States · Acquired 1953 · Accession 53.5 · Lithograph
Gift of Miss Agnes Hamilton
Untitled (African Masks and Heads)
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston · Houston, United States · Acquired 1953 · Accession 53.6 · Lithograph
Gift of Miss Agnes Hamilton
The Strummer
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston · Houston, United States · Acquired 1930 · Accession 30.34 · Oil on canvas
6th Annual Houston Artists Exhibition, museum purchase prize, 1930
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death
Kathleen Blackshear dies
Jan 1, 1988
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birth
Kathleen Blackshear born
Jan 1, 1897