Meeting (The Three Graces)

Manierre Dawson

1912 · Oil on canvas · Modern and Contemporary Art

In 1910 Dawson spent six months traveling throughout England, France, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy, where he visited museums, collectors, and archeological sites. Following this sojourn, he created a series of works in 1911–12 based on images from classical art and Old Master paintings. Here, he reinterprets the mythological subject of the Three Graces by painting in a manner derived from both Cubism and Italian Futurism. Although Dawson did not receive much recognition during his lifetime, his avant-garde work was at the forefront of American art at the time.

Artist

Manierre Dawson

Date

1912

Medium

Oil on canvas

Department

Modern and Contemporary Art

Credit line

Gift of Myra Bairstow and Lewis J. Obi, M.D., 2007