Exhibition Chronology
Read the full chronology of exhibitions organized by the Archives of American Art.
Anatomy of a Painting: Honore Sharrer's Tribute to the American Working People
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Around 1943, artist Honoré Sharrer first conceived of the painting now known as Tribute to the American Working People. The resulting polyptych consists of five panels, each meticulously painted in oil on composition board.
The Archives of American Art acquired Honoré Sharrer's personal papers in May 2006. The collection is rich with correspondence, lively sketches, and copious amounts of photographs used by the artist to create her work. Much of this material relates directly to Tribute to the American Working People, revealing the artist’s process. This website also includes an in-depth interview of the artist’s husband, Perez Zagorin, with exhibition organizer Laura Orgon MacCarthy.
The Archives of American Art wishes to thank the Smithsonian American Art Museum for their generous loan of Tribute to the American Working People for this exhibition.
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Photograph
Honoré Sharrer in her studio
1951 Apr. 4 -
Photograph
Honoré Sharrer outdoors
ca. 1947 -
Correspondence
Dorothy Canning Miller, New York, N.Y. letter to Honoré Sharrer, New York, N.Y.
1945 Sept. 13 -
Correspondence
Honoré Sharrer, New York, N.Y. letter to Honoré Sachs
1950 Apr. 14 -
Photograph
Honoré Sharrer
ca. 1955 -
Writing
Fellowship application for the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
circa 1948
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