A Lighted Village

Object Details

• Artist

  Dwight William Tryon (1849-1925)

• Provenance

  To 1899

  Thomas B. Clarke (1848-1931), New York, NY, to 1899 [1]

  From 1899 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased at the Thomas B. Clarke Collection sale, American Art Association, February 14, 1899, no. 52 [2]

  From 1920

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

  Notes:

  [1] According to Curatorial Remark 5, Linda Merrill, 1989, in the object record. See Catalogue of the Private Art Collection of Thomas B. Clark, American Art Association, New York (1899), pgs. 107-108, and listing no.52.

  [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

  American Paintings (December 27, 1984 to January 18, 1985)

  Winter into Spring: American Landscapes (March 4, 1982 to June 1, 1982)

  Untitled Exhibition, American Oil Paintings and Watercolors (May 10, 1945 to September 25, 1947)

  American Paintings, Dwight W. Tryon (May 2, 1923 to March 23, 1925)

  World's Columbian Exposition (May 1 to October 30, 1893)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Thomas Benedict Clarke (1848-1931) (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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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1880s

• Name

  Clarke, Thomas Benedict, Freer, Charles Lang

• Place

  United States

• Topic

  Charles Lang Freer collection, Landscapes, Art, Night, American Art

• Culture

  Americans

• Object Type

  Paintings