Musique Domestique
Artist
Pierre Daura
(American (born Spain), 1896 - 1976)
CultureAmerican | Spanish
Dateca. 1940
MediumOil on board
Dimensions37 x 40 in. (94 x 101.6 cm)
Overall, Frame: 37 1/8 × 39 3/4 × 1 3/4 in. (94.3 × 101 × 4.4 cm)
Overall, Frame: 37 1/8 × 39 3/4 × 1 3/4 in. (94.3 × 101 × 4.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Martha Randolph Daura
Object number97.39.1
Not on view
DescriptionThis oil on board, mounted on masonite painting depicts the artist's wife and daughter; the mother is seated at a piano. The landscape is in Rockbridge Baths, Virginia.Label TextPierre Daura American, b. Spain (1896-1976) Musique Domestique, ca. 1940 Oil on board and wood, 37 x 40 in. Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA Gift of Martha Randolph Daura 97.39.1 Exhibition History"Pierre Daura: A Retrospective," Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, FL, Sept. 7--Nov. 10, 2002. "Pierre Daura's Vision of Virginia," Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, VA, September 16, 2006 - January 14, 2007. "Pierre Daura (1896-1976): Picturing Attachments," Indianapolis University Museum of Art, Bloomington, Indiana, October 3 - December 22, 2014; Georgia Museum of Art, University of GA, Athens, GA, January 24 – March 29, 2015; Daura Gallery at Lynchburg College, Lynchburg, VA, May 10 – August 1, 2015. "Come Together, Right Now: The Art of Gathering," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, October 11, 2020 - January 3, 2021.Published ReferencesWilliam M.S. Rasmussen, _Pierre Daura's Vision of Virginia_, exh. cat., Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, VA September 16, 2006 to January 14, 2007, 13 & 29. Adelheid Gealt, _Pierre Daura (1896-1976): Picturing Attachments_ (Athens, GA: Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, 2014) 79, fig. 86.
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