Twilight: May
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Period
1904 -
Geography
United States -
Material
Oil on wood panel -
Dimension
H x W: 83.6 x 110.6 cm (32 15/16 x 43 9/16 in) -
Accession Number
F1906.81a-b -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1906.81a-b
Object Details
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Artist
Dwight William Tryon (1849-1925) -
Provenance
To 1904N.E. Montross (1849-1932), New York, NY, to 1904 [1]From 1904 to 1919Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from N.E. Montross in 1904 [2]From 1920Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]Notes:[1] Purchased by Charles Lang Freer from N. E. Montross, New York, on April 2, 1904, as "The Big Trees" (see Curatorial Remark 6, Linda Merrill, May 1989, in the object record). See also, Voucher for May 1906, 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
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)Untitled Exhibition, American Oil Paintings, Gallery 4, 1947 (September 25, 1947 to February 25, 1956)Untitled Exhibition, American Oil Paintings, 1944 (March 23, 1944 to November 15, 1944)Untitled Exhibition, American Oil Paintings (May 1, 1933 to February 6, 1944)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)Ausstellung Amerikanischer Kunst (March 17 to April 17, 1910)101st Annual Exhibition (January 22, 1906 - March 03, 1906) -
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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