Louis Ritman - The Yellow Jacket

Louis Ritman (American, 1889 - 1963)
The Yellow Jacket , ca. 1915
Oil on canvas
36 x 36 inches (framed 40 1/2 x 40 1/2 inches)
Signed lower right: L. Ritman; titled on reverse
#7938
Exhibited:
“Exhibition of Paintings by Louis Ritman at the Art Institute of Chicago”, The Art Institute
of Chicago, Chicago, IL, February 23-March 9, 1915, #5.
“The 111th Annual Exhibition”, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia,
PA, February 6-March 26, 1916, #100.
Literature:
Fine Arts Journal; “Annual Exhibition of Local Artists”, Stuart, Evelyn Marie; Vol. 32, No. 4,
(April, 1915), pp. 166-179, (illus. p. 173).
Accompanied with a velum clad frame designed by Samuel Marx.