Lucy (1909): Art, History and Details

Lucy (1909) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Max Bohm (American, 1868–1923).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

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.

Object facts

• Title: Lucy
• Date: 1909
• Creator attribution: Max Bohm (American, 1868–1923)
• Culture: America
• Type: Painting
• Technique: oil on canvas
• Dimensions: 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.)
• Collection: American - Cleveland School
• Department: American Painting and Sculpture
• Accession number: 2021.148

A detail from the museum

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

Collection credit

Gift of Barbara and Edmund Hajim

Further reading listed by the museum

• “Exhibition Calendar,” American Art Review 3 (May-June 1976).
• Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Max Bohm Paintings, Exh. Cat. Provincetown, MA: Provincetown Art Association and Museum, 1981
• Jordan-Volpe Gallery, advertisement, Magazine Antiques 123 (May 1983)

View the collection record

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