George Deem

Martha

Date:	1974
Medium:	Pencil and gouache on paper
Size inches:	c. 20 1/2 x 21 1/2
Size cm:	51.7 x 54.7
Signature:	Signed and dated lower right
Location:	Estate of Dean Eckert, Lincoln, Nebraska

References
Barbara Morgan's famous 1940 photograph of Martha Graham with her torso pitched forward and her long gown sweeping upward like an open fan.
Vermeer, The Music Lesson, c. 1662-64, The Queen's Collection, Buckingham Palace, London. Vermeer, The Art of Painting, c. 1666-67, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.
Titled by the artist upper left: Martha

Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana

Exhibition date:	December 8, 1974 - January 19, 1975
Institution:	Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
Works Shown:	A Letter from Picasso An American Vermeer Blue Vermeer Composition in Red and Black (Rubens Vermeer) Deem Vermeer (Self-Portrait) George Washington in White Face George Washington Vermeer Green Vermeer Ingres Vermeer La Tour Vermeer Martha Milk Primary Vermeer Quartet (1973) Rita Vermeer Sienna Vermeer Three Women (Vermeer)

Capricorn Galleries, Bethesda, Maryland

Exhibition date:

June 4 - 21, 1994

Works Shown:

Bingham Ceiling Composition in Red and Black (Rubens Vermeer) Courbet Palette Deem Palette Frame Frames Generic Dutch Portrait George Washington Shaving George Washington Vermeer Green Room, The (Study) Homage to William Merritt Chase (Study) Manet Palette Martha Matisse Corner Modigliani Palette Mondrian Vermeer Occidental Rug Quotations School of Courbet School of Courbet Study 1988 School of Watteau School of Watteau (Study #2) Self-Portrait 1987 Spanish School, The Vermeer Palette Yale

On View Downtown Gallery, Indianapolis, Indiana

Exhibition date:

November 10 - 28, 1986

Works Shown:

A Painting for Babies 1970/1980 Actual Size Vermeer's Lacemaker Call it Finished (Vermeer's Lacemaker) Composition in Red and Black (Rubens Vermeer) Deem Vermeer (Self-Portrait) Detail: Vermeer, Mayakovksky Frames George Washington Vermeer The Immaculate Conception Italian Vermeer (Caravaggio) Martha Mary O'Connell Mayakovsky in Delft Me and Mayakovsky Milk Mondrian in Vermeer's Studio Mondrian Vermeer Seventeen Simple as Mooing Summer Rental To Be Read Aloud (Mayakovsky) The Triumph of Art (Study) Triumph of Dance, The Two Saints, Two Masterpieces Van Gogh's Bedroom at Arles Vermeer Girl in Red Hat 1966 Vermeer Palette Waiting Room Yale Yellow Vermeer Interior