Art Institute of Chicago

A Magdalen

Walter MacEwen · c. 1896

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What the record supports

"A Magdalen" by Walter MacEwen is an oil on canvas painting, dated approximately 1896. Its dimensions are 138.4 × 106.7 cm (54 1/2 × 42 in.). The artwork is classified as a painting within the Arts of the Americas department and is considered part of United States culture.

The painting was a gift from James Deering, according to its credit line. No provenance information is provided in the supplied data. There is no information regarding past exhibitions for this specific work.

The artwork has been discussed in "Picturing Holland: The Case of Walter MacEwen" by Holly Koons McCullough, published in the 2009 exhibition catalogue *Dutch Utopia; American Artists in Holland, 1880–1914*. No other literature is listed.

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Literature

Published references

Holly Koons McCullough, "Picturing Holland: The Case of Walter MacEwen," in Dutch Utopia; American Artists in Holland, 1880–1914, exh. cat. (Telfair Books, 2009), 65–77 (ill. fig. 36).

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