William Sommer (1867-1949)
Blue Dairy Cart, 1917-18
Oil on board, 16 1/2 x 23 1/2 in. (41.91 x 59.69 cm)
PROVENANCE
The artist
The artist's son, Raymond Sommer
Joseph Erdelac Collection, Cleveland (1969-2001)
Tom Darling, Salem, Ohio
The John and Susan Horseman Collection, 2013
Exhibitions
Columbus, OH, Keny Galleries, A Cultural Legacy: 200 Years of Ohio Art, 1775-1975, 2008
Columbus, OH, Keny Galleries, Picturing America, 1820-1970, 2009
Massillon, OH, Massillon Museum, and elsewhere, Against the Grain: Modernism in the Midwest, 2010
Memphis, TN, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Modern Dialect: American Paintings from the John and Susan Horseman Collection, 04/27/2012 - 07/15/2012, Westmoreland Museum of Art, Greensberg, PA, 8/12/2012 - November 4, 11/4/2012, Michele & Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts, 12/2/2012-2/24/2013, Columbus Museum of Art, OH, 3/24/2013-6/16/2013, Flint Institute of Art, 07/13/2013-09/22/2013, The Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens, Jacksonville, FL, 11/3/2013-1/26/2014
PUBLICATIONS
Nannette V. Maciejunes, et al.. "Ohio: The State of the Arts". Ohio Historical Society, 2003, Timeline, 20, nos. 2 and 3. p. 58, color illustration
Jacqueline Hall. “State of Graces: Survey Celebrates Two Centuries of Ohio Talent”. 2008, Columbus Dispatch, p. E1, color illustration
Jacqueline Hall. 2008 Best Visual Arts Events. 2008, Columbus Dispatch, p. E4, color illustration
Julie Novarese Pierotti. Modern Dialect: American Paintings from the John and Susan Horseman Collection. Memphis, TN: Dixon Gallery and Gardens, 2012, pp. 10, 39, plate 4