William Baziotes
The Drugged Balloonist
1942
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William Baziotes
The Drugged Balloonist
1942
Physical Qualities
Collage of printed papers, watercolor, pen and brush and ink, and graphite, Sheet: 464 × 609 mm. (18 1/4 × 24 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Saidie A. May
Object Number
1951.266
The work is executed in watercolor, pen and brush and black ink, and collaged cut and torn papers with existing printing on a thick paperboard. The collage elements are various black and white photomechanical illustrations (photo-offset lithographs) apparently sourced from publications such as periodicals or magazines
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1951; The Baltimore Museum of Art on loan, 1942; from Saidie A. May, by purchase, 1942; from Art of This Century, New York; from the artist
Katy Rothkopf, BMA, "The Renoir Returns," March 30 - July 20, 2014.
Darsie Alexander, "Robert Motherwell: Meanings of Abstraction,"Baltimore Museum of Art, May 20, 2006 - July 30, 2006.
The Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, "William Baziotes," September 3, 2004 - January 9, 2005.
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Impressionism to Surrealism From the Baltimore Museum of Art. Selections from the Collection of Claribel and Etta Cone, Saidie Adler May and Blanche Adler, 2/8- 4/21/2002, no. 1 pp. 14.
Jan Howard, BMA, "Surrealist Art from the BMA's Collection," 31 March - 20 June 1999.
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Surrelistas en el Exilio, December 21, 1999- February 27, 2000, additional venue Musées de Strabourg, May 12- August 27, 2000.
BMA, "Major Modern Drawings from the Collection," 8 October - 18 December 1994.
BMA, "BMA Collects: Surrealist Drawings," 27 February - 29 April, 1990.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, "Peggy Guggenheim's Other Legacy," March 6- May 11, 1987, New York only, cat. no. 5.
Jay Fisher, BMA, "Dada and Surrealism: A Selection," 1 March - 24 April, 1977.
Baltimore Museum of Art, Saidie A. May Collection, September 6 -November 22, 1972, cat. p. 46, illus. and cover illus.
Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, Md., Selection from the May Collection, September 27- October 31, 1957.
Goucher College, Towson, Maryland, Arts Festival, April 25-May 9, 1956.
Baltimore Museum of Art, Saidie A. May Collection of Modern Paintings and Sculpture, March 1950, cat. # 1.
Art of this Century Gallery, New York, Exhibition of Collage, April 1943.
Darsie Alexander, "Robert Motherwell: Meanings of Abstraction,"Baltimore Museum of Art, May 20, 2006 - July 30, 2006.
The Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, "William Baziotes," September 3, 2004 - January 9, 2005.
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Impressionism to Surrealism From the Baltimore Museum of Art. Selections from the Collection of Claribel and Etta Cone, Saidie Adler May and Blanche Adler, 2/8- 4/21/2002, no. 1 pp. 14.
Jan Howard, BMA, "Surrealist Art from the BMA's Collection," 31 March - 20 June 1999.
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Surrelistas en el Exilio, December 21, 1999- February 27, 2000, additional venue Musées de Strabourg, May 12- August 27, 2000.
BMA, "Major Modern Drawings from the Collection," 8 October - 18 December 1994.
BMA, "BMA Collects: Surrealist Drawings," 27 February - 29 April, 1990.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, "Peggy Guggenheim's Other Legacy," March 6- May 11, 1987, New York only, cat. no. 5.
Jay Fisher, BMA, "Dada and Surrealism: A Selection," 1 March - 24 April, 1977.
Baltimore Museum of Art, Saidie A. May Collection, September 6 -November 22, 1972, cat. p. 46, illus. and cover illus.
Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, Md., Selection from the May Collection, September 27- October 31, 1957.
Goucher College, Towson, Maryland, Arts Festival, April 25-May 9, 1956.
Baltimore Museum of Art, Saidie A. May Collection of Modern Paintings and Sculpture, March 1950, cat. # 1.
Art of this Century Gallery, New York, Exhibition of Collage, April 1943.
Harriet Janis and Rudi Blesh, "Collage: Personalities, Concepts, Techniques." Philadelphia: Chilton Co., 1962, cat. 214, p. 160.
Michael Preble, "William Baziotes: Paintings and Drawings, 1934 - 1962." Italy: Skira Editore, S.p.A., 2004, p.66, ill.
Susan Helen Adler, "Saidie May Pioneer of Early 20th Century Collecting", United States: Stonehouse Design, 2008, p. 202.
Greeley, Robin Adele, Samantha Kavky, Oliver Shell, and Oliver Tostmann. "Monsters & Myths: Surrealism and War in the 1930s and 1940s." New York, NY: Rizzoli Electa in association with The Baltimore Museum of Art and Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 2018, ill.
Inscribed: lower left in black ink: "Baziotes"
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