Early Spring in New England

Object Details

• Artist

  Dwight William Tryon (1849-1925)

• Provenance

  From 1897 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from the artist, Dwight William Tryon in 1897 [1]

  From 1920

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [2]

  Notes:

  [1] Purchased from Dwight William Tryon on July 7, 1897 (see Curatorial Remark 3, Linda Merrill, May 1989, in the object record). See also, Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record.

  [2] 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

  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)

  Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 8 and 9 (February 25, 1956 to April 28, 1958)

  American Paintings by Dewing, Sargeant, Homer, Tryon, Brush, Melchers and Whistler (March 23, 1925 to May 5, 1933)

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

  Untitled Exhibition of Paintings by D.W. Tryon, 1913 (January 20 to February 1, 1913)

  Pan-American Exposition, Exhibition of Fine Arts (May 1 to November 2, 1901)

  The Sixty-Eighth Annual Exhibition, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (January 16, 1899 - February 25, 1899)

  Sixth Annual Exhibition of American Art in the American Art Museum (May 20 to July 10, 1899)

  Twenty-first Annual Exhibition of the Society of American Artists (March 25 to April 29, 1899)

  The Third Annual Exhibition, Carnegie Institute (November 03, 1898 - January 01, 1899)

  Untitled Exhibition, Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, 1897 (May, 1897)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Dwight William Tryon (1849-1925) (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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  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1890s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Tryon, Dwight William

• Place

  United States

• Topic

  Trees, Art, American Art, Spring

• Culture

  Americans

• Object Type

  Paintings