Twilight: Early Spring
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Usage Conditions ApplyAt A Glance
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Period
1893 -
Geography
United States -
Material
Oil on canvas -
Dimension
H x W (overall): 58.5 × 84.5 cm (23 1/16 × 33 1/4 in) -
Accession Number
F1893.12a-b -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1893.12a-b
Object Details
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Artist
Dwight William Tryon (1849-1925) -
Description
Flat fields; five trees in light foliage. -
Signatures
Signed D.W. Tryon, 1893, in lower right corner. -
Provenance
To 1893N.E. Montross (1849-1932), New York to 1893 [1]From 1893 to 1919Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from N.E. Montross on April 7, 1893 [2]From 1920Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]Notes:[1] See Voucher file for April 7, 1893, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.[2] See note 1.[3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery. -
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection -
Exhibition History
A Perfect Harmony (October 14, 2017 to October 8, 2023)Surface Beauty: American Art and Freer's Aesthetic Vision (February 23, 2008 to August 1, 2010)Pretty Women: Freer and the Ideal of Feminine Beauty (August 13, 2005 to September 17, 2006)Art for Art's Sake (July 23, 1997 to January 24, 2008)Choice Spirits: Works by Thomas Dewing and Dwight Tryon (March 9, 1996 to July 7, 1997)American Art - Dwight William Tryon (May 9, 1993 to February 20, 1996)American Paintings (December 27, 1984 to January 18, 1985)Winter into Spring: American Landscapes (March 4, 1982 to June 1, 1982)American Paintings (March 20, 1981 to September 24, 1981)American Paintings (November 11, 1976 to October 12, 1978)American Paintings (July 1, 1974 to December 5, 1975)Exhibition of Paintings by T.W. Dewing, A.H. Thayer, D.W. Tryon, J.A.McNeill Whistler (February 10 to 26, 1910)Pan-American Exposition, Exhibition of Fine Arts (May 1 to November 2, 1901) -
Previous custodian or owner
N.E. Montross (1849-1932) (C.L. Freer source)Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919) -
Origin
United States -
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer -
Type
Painting -
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