1945 MAXIL BALLINGER LISTED ARTIST (1918-95) SIGNED NUMBERED ETCHING with aquatint 15/22 ), titled AND SIGNED IN PENCIL :
" 15/22 STILL LIFE WITH WINE GLASS , MAXIL BALLINGER '45 "
SIGNED AND MATTED IN ITS ORIGINAL FRAME .
FRAME IS 27" x 20 1/2" AND IMAGE AREA IS 19" x 12 1/4". . IT IS HARD TO TAKE CLEAR PHOTOS WITH THE GLARE ON THE GLASS
R.MAXIL BALLINGER HAS 3 WORKS IN MoMA'S COLLECTION WHICH ARE EXHIBITED ONLINE. (THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART IN NEW YORK CITY) THEY DESCRIBE HIS TECHNIQUE AS ETCHING WITH AQUATINT.
THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO A WORK IN THE INDIANAPOLIS MUSEUM OF ART:
The Yellow Table
R. Maxil Ballinger (American, 1914-1958)
THEY DESCRIBE THE TECHNIQUE AS: ink on paper, color lithograph
THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART ALSO MAKES NOTE OF HAVING MAXIL IN THEIR COLLECTION. AS WELL AS THE PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART.
ALSO:
. Ballinger studied at Springfield State College, BA
Harvard University
Univ. of North Carolina
Univ. of Iowa, MA
Exhibited and awarded prizes at:
Northwest Print Makers, 1947
San Francisco Museum of Art, Mary S. Collins Prize, 1954
Illinois State Fair, 1947
Springfield Art Museum, 1947
Brooklyn Museum, 1947
1st Annual National Print Exhibition, Brooklyn Museum, March 19-May 4, 1947
Curated by Una Johnson
Purchase Award recipient for “Ruel”
Indiana Print Makers, 1947
Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1953, purchase prize
Library of Congress, 1954, purchase prize
Participated in numerous other exhibitions at amjor museums
Between 1952-1954, Ballinger was included in four group exhibitions at MOMA.
Museum Collections: MOMA, Harvard Art Museums, National Gallery of Art (Washington), Philadelphia Museum of Art (11 works, including Children in the Market Place, 1947, Georgia Museum of Art, Mead Art Museum at Amherst College, Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell, Davis Museum of Art at Wellesley College, Carnegie Institute, Library of Congress, Brooklyn Museum, Smithsonian Art Museum, Springfield Art Museum, Univ. of Iowa, John Heron Art Institute
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