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Is It Real?

Is It Real?

Artist/Maker (American, active ca. 1886 – after 1900)
Dateca. 1890
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 11 3/8 × 13 1/4 in. (28.9 × 33.7 cm)
Frame: 17 1/2 × 19 3/8 × 2 1/4 in. (44.5 × 49.2 × 5.7 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Charles F. and Abigail L. Olney
Object number1904.1213
Status
On view
Exhibition History
Art Loan Exhibition, Cleveland
  • Unidentified artist ( 1894 - 1894 )
Illusionism and Trompe l'Oeil
  • California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA (May 3, 1949 - June 26, 1949 )
Harnett and His School
  • Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR ( 1953-05 - 1953-05 )
  • National Serigraph Society, New York (July 7, 1953 - July 27, 1953 )
  • Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX (October 10, 1953 - October 25, 1953 )
  • Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN (May 5, 1954 - May 24, 1954 )
American Paintings
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (November 23, 1954 - December 18, 1954 )
Still Life Paintings from the XVI Century to the Present
  • Atlanta Art Association, Atlanta, GA (January 10, 1958 - January 29, 1958 )
Collage International from Picasso to the Present
  • Contemporary Art Museum, Houston (February 27, 1958 - April 6, 1958 )
As We Were: 1917
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 9, 1966 - October 15, 1966 )
Near-Looking: A Close-Focus Look at a Basic Thread of American Art
  • University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN (October 27, 1974 - January 26, 1975 )
  • Northern Illinois University Art Gallery, DeKalb, Illinois (October 27, 1974 - November 22, 1974 )
American Paintings and Sculpture
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (April 30, 1985 - August 18, 1985 )
More Than Meets the Eye: The Art of Trompe l'Oeil
  • Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH (December 7, 1985 - February 22, 1986 )
  • Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL (March 21, 1986 - April 27, 1986 )
American Landscapes and Tromp L'Oeil from the Permanent Collection
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (December 5, 1986 - February 1, 1987 )
Old Money: American Trompe l'Oeil Images of Currency
  • Berry-Hill Galleries, Inc., New York (November 9, 1988 - December 10, 1988 )
A Nation's Legacy:150 Years of American Art from Ohio Collections
  • Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH (January 19, 1992 - March 15, 1992 )
  • Isetan Museum of Art, Tokyo (April 9, 1992 - May 5, 1992 )
  • Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art, Japan (May 12, 1992 - June 21, 1992 )
  • Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art, Japan (June 27, 1992 - August 2, 1992 )
  • Takamatsu City Museum of Art, Takamatsu, Japan (August 7, 1992 - September 6, 1992 )
  • Diamaru Museum Umeda, Osaka, Japan (September 23, 1992 - October 5, 1992 )
Focus on the Permanent Collection: 19th and 20th Century American Still Lifes
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (July 1, 1994 - August 7, 1994 )
Charles F. Olney and the Collecting of Curiosities
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (July 8, 1996 - September 25, 1996 )
Regarding Realism
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 6, 2013 - June 22, 2014 )
Collections
  • On View
  • Americas
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