Object Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Untitled (Musical Instruments) |
Object Name |
Painting |
Other Name |
Art |
Accession Number |
1985.330 |
Date |
1948 |
Artist |
Cagli, Corrado |
Material |
Oil on Canvas |
Dimensions |
H-13.75 W-19.5 D-0.85 inches |
Credit line |
Fallingwater, Western Pennsylvania Conservancy |
Notes |
The Cubist painting of musical instruments on display over the desk of Edgar Kaufmann, Sr. by Italian artist Corrado Cagli (1910-1976) was purchased in 1948 by Edgar Kaufmann, jr. directly from the artist. Known for his interest in historic Italian mural art during the early 1930s, Cagli began showing his own paintings in Paris as part of a Roman School of artists. In 1939, Cagli immigrated to New York City where he exhibited at the Julien Levy Gallery, a place favored by the Kaufmanns for their art collection. Located in Edgar Sr.'s dressing room at Fallingwater. |