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- Titles Deep Water Baptism, Alabama (Title)@Deep Water Baptists, Alabama (Alternate)
- Artist Alexander Grinager, American, 1865 - 1949
- Medium oil on canvas
- Dimensions 36 × 43 1/4 in. (91.4 × 109.9 cm) frame: 40 3/4 × 48 in. (103.5 × 121.9 cm)
- Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Crawford L. Taylor, Jr. in memory of Lona Thomas (Mrs. Millard), AFI.85.2018
- Work Type painting
- Classification Paintings
- Signature Recto, lower left: Alex Grinager
- Inscription Recto, lower left: Alex Grinager Verso, on frame, center left, incised: [illegible] / Strip / Refine in Gold Leaf Verso, on frame, center left, black grease pencil: 787 A Verso, on stretcher bar, lower left, black marker: 5817 Verso, on frame, lower right, black marker: 161 On backing board, printed label: Traditional Jury / Artists For Victory, Inc. / 2nd Annual Portrait / of America / 1 Competition & Exhibition / Sponsored by the Pepsi-Cola Company / Name of Artist Alex Grinager / Address of Artist 12 Seneca Road / Ossining, N. Y. / Title of Work Deep Water Baptists / Alabama / Medium Oil / First Federal Savings and Loan As [cut off] / Return Address 30 Rockefeller Plaza
- Provenance Alexander Grinager (1865-1949); inherited by his wife, Margaret W. Grinager (about 1868-1959); probably inherited by Mons Alexander Grinager (1904-1988), New York; private collection, New York; consigned to dealer Richard York Gallery, New York, by 1992 [see note 1]; purchased by Mrs. and Mrs. Crawford. L. Taylor, Jr., Birmingham, Alabama, 1994; gift to the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama, 2018
1. According to undated correspondence between Crawford L. Taylor and Richard York Gallery. See object file.