The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 21, 2025

The Pink Tablecloth

1933

Henry Varnum Poor

(American, 1888–1970)
America
oil on canvas
Unframed: 90.8 x 116.2 cm (35 3/4 x 45 3/4 in.)
Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection 1935.2197
Location: Not on view
  • (Rehn Gallery, New York).
  • Cleveland Museum of Art. Catalogue of an Exhibition of American Painting from 1860 until Today at the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland]: [Printed by the Artcraft Printing Co.], 1937. Mentioned: p. 36, no. 153
    Hinson, Tom E. “Alex Katz’s Impala.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 73, no. 8 (October 1986): 314–326. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 315, fig. 2 www.jstor.org
  • American Realists. Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Canada (organizer) (March 11-April 23, 1961).
    Flower Show. Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, FL (organizer) (March 7-30, 1952).
    Chief Movements in Modern American Painting, 1900-1950. The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY (organizer) (November 15, 1951-January 6, 1952).
    35th Anniversary Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-September 30, 1951).
    Exhibition of the Work of Henry V. Poor. Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH (organizer) (March 16-April 10, 1949).
    American Paintings: From the Eighteenth Century to the Present Day. Tate Modern, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (organizer) (co-organizer) (June 1-July 31, 1946).
    Museum's Choice. Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto, Canada (organizer) (February 1-28, 1945).
    Exhibition of Contemporary Painting in the U.S. for Circulation in Latin America, 1941. Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico (organizer) (June 12-July 9, 1941); Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago Región Metropolitana, Chile (September 6-October 5, 1941); Universidad Central de Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador (November 15-December 7, 1941).
    Golden Gate International Exposition. World's Fair, San Francisco, CA (organizer) (May 25-September 9, 1940).
    Exhibition of American Painting from 1860 Until Today. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-October 4, 1937).
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