Earliest Springtime
Artist
Theodoros Stamos
(American, 1922 - 1997)
CultureAmerican
Date1948
MediumOil on masonite
Dimensions48 x 36 in. (121.9 x 91.4 cm)
SignedSigned and dated lower left: "T. StAMOS '48"
InscribedSigned, titled, and inscribed verso: "Theodoros StAMOS, EARLIEST SPRINGTIME', 45 East 22 st N.Y.C."
Credit LineGift from the Savas Private Collection, courtesy of Georgianna Stamatelos Savas, honoring the artist's wishes
Object number2009.14
Not on view
DescriptionAbstract oil on masonite painting.ProvenanceThe artist; gift of the artist to his sister, Georgianna Savas, New York; gift of Georgianna Savas, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., 2009.Exhibition HistoryStamos, Betty Parsons Gallery, New York, 1949, no. 2. Theodoros Stamos, Phillips Collection, Washington, D. C., 1950 (his first one-person show). Theodoros Stamos: An Overview, ACA Galleries, New York, 1991-92. Published References_Theodoros Stamos 1922-1997: A Retrospective_, exh.cat., National Gallery - Alexandros Soutzos Museum, Athens, Greece, 1997, p. 118, cat. no. 25. Dr. Anna Kafetsi, "Theodoros Stamos: An Unorthodox 'Irascible'," Art Topos, www.arttopos.org, 1996,1998. Robert S. Mattison, _Theodoros Stamos: A Communion with Nature_, exh.cat., Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York, NY, 2010, 20, fig. 10.
