The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of October 3, 2023

Lucy

1909

Max Bohm

(American, 1868–1923)

America

Oil on canvas

Framed: 155.7 x 155.7 x 5.7 cm (61 5/16 x 61 5/16 x 2 1/4 in.); Unframed: 126 x 126 cm (49 5/8 x 49 5/8 in.)

Gift of Barbara and Edmund Hajim 2021.148

Location

228B Cleveland Artists

Fun Fact

Bohm created this painting while working on a commissioned mural for the Cuyahoga County Courthouse.

Description

Painted during expatriate Max Bohm’s visit to his hometown in Cleveland, Lucy depicts a former love interest, who years earlier turned down the artist’s marriage proposal because she doubted his ability to earn a steady income. During the intervening time, Bohm had wed someone else and established himself as a noted painter, earning success particularly in France and England.

Citations
“Exhibition Calendar,” American Art Review 3 (May-June 1976). Reproduced: p. 31
Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Max Bohm Paintings, Exh. Cat. Provincetown, MA: Provincetown Art Association and Museum, 1981 Reproduced: p. 21.
Jordan-Volpe Gallery, advertisement, Magazine Antiques 123 (May 1983) Reproduced: p. 947
Peters, Lisa. “La Femme: The Influence of Whistler,” Arts Magazine 58 (January 1984) Mentioned: p. 19
Preato, Robert R. “La Femme: Images of Beauty,” Southwest Art 14 (July 1984) Mentioned and reproduced: p. 63.
Wagner, Lois. Reflections of American Women: From the Sterling Regal, Inc. Collection, Exh. Cat. Denver: Lawder Corporation, 1985. unpaginated, [p. 16].
Rice, Faye, “The Big Payoff in Corporate Art,” Fortune (May 25, 1987).
Robinson, William H., and David Steinberg. Transformations in Cleveland Art, 1796-1946: Community and Diversity in Early Modern America. Exh. Cat. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996. Mentioned: p. 62; reproduced p. 63.
Sotheby’s, New York. American Paintings from the Sterling Regal Collection. May 25, 1988. Lot 15.
Exhibition history

The Romantic-Impressionist Max Bohm. Squibb Gallery, Princeton, NJ (March 28-April 23, 1976).

Retrospective: Max Bohm Paintings. Provincetown Art Association and Museum, MA (September 4-20, 1981).

American Realist and Impressionist Paintings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Haig Tashjian. Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC (March 10-April 22, 1984).

Reflections of American Women from the Sterling Regal Collection. Lawder Corporation, Denver, CO. (November 1985).

Transformations in Cleveland Art, 1796-1964: Community and Diversity in Early Modern America. Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (May 19-July 21, 1996).

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