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Alfred Leslie

The Loading Pier

1975

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  • Artist Alfred Leslie (American, 1927–2023)
  • Title The Loading Pier
  • Date 1975
  • Medium Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions unframed | 108 1/8 x 72 3/16 in.
  • Credit line Gift of Robert and Lois Orchard to the Washington University Gallery of Art and The Saint Louis Art Museum, 2003
  • Copyright
  • Object number WU 2003.0009.0003

Alfred Leslie: The Killing Cycle
Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, 08/20/2014 - 12/23/2014

8/7/2003
Robert Orchard

Inscription [LL, horizontal across bottom edge, written in black paint:] Alfred Leslie 1975 [LL, vertical from bottom corner up left side:] COPYRIGHT 1975 BY ALFRED LESLIE

Inscription [Washington University label verso on top stretcher]

Inscription [verso, UR on top stretcher, circular blue label] [written black marker:] R2309 / .03

Inscription [verso, UL on upper horizontal crossbar, white rectangular label] [printed in black:] ALLAN FRUMKIN GALLERY / [typewritten:] #4712 ALFRED LESLIE / [printed in black:] TITLE [typewritten:] "The Killing of Frank O'hara, / 1966" / [printed in black:] DES [large space] [typewritten:] oil on canvas, 1975 / 9 X 6 ft.

Inscription [verso, UL on upper horizontal crossbar, white rectangular label] [typewritten:] THE KILLING OF FRANK O'HARA, 1966 [large space] 1975 / Lent by Allan Frumkin Gallery / New York

Inscription [verso, UC on upper horizontal crossbar, white rectangular label] [printed in blue:] MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS Boston, Massachusetts / Artist [written in black pen:] Alfred Leslie / [printed in blue:] Title [written in black pen:] Killing of Frank O'Hara / [printed in blue:] Owner [written in black pen:] Allan Frumkin gallery / [printed in blue:] No.

Inscription [verso, LL on lower horizontal crossbar, white rectangular label] [printed in blue:] PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS / BROAD AND CHERRY STREETS PHILADELPHIA, PA. 19102 / EXHIBITION: [typewritten:] 8 Contemporary American Realists / [printed in blue:] DATES: [typewritten:] Sept. 16- Oct. 30, 1977 / [in blue print:] ARTIST: [typewritten:] Leslie, Alfred / [in blue print:] TITLE AND DATE: / [typewritten:] THE KILLING OF FRANK O'HARA, / [in blue print:] LENDER: [typewritten:] Allan Frumkin Gallery [large space] 1966, 75 / [in blue print:] TR# [typewritten:] 1890 [large space] [in blue print:] CAT. NO. [typewritten:] 2

Inscription [verso, LL on lower horizontal crossbar, white rectangular label] [printed in black:] THE NORTH CAROLINA MUEUM OF ART / Raleigh, N. C. / Artist [typewritten:] Alfred Leslie / [in black print:] Title [typewritten:] The Killing of Frank O'Hara / 1966, 1975 / [in black print:] Number [typewritten:] EL. 77.9.2 / [in black print:] Exhibition:] "8 Contemporary American / Realists" 11/19/77- 1/1/78

Inscription [verso, LL on lower horizontal crossbar, white rectangular label] [printed in black:] WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART / 945 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10021 / Artist [typewritten:] Alfred Leslie / [in black print:] Title [typewritten:] THE "KILLING" CYCLE--SIX: / "LOADING PIER" / [in black print:] date [large space] Catalogue No. [typewritten:] FF 82.514.1 / [in black print:] Lender [typewritten:] Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Robert Orchard / [in black print:] Exhibition [typewritten:] FOCUS ON THE FIGURE: / 20 YEARS

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