The Evening Star

Object Details

• Artist

  Dwight William Tryon (1849-1925)

• Provenance

  To 1905

  N.E. Montross (1849-1932), New York, NY, to 1905 [1]

  From 1905 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from N.E. Montross in 1905 [2]

  From 1920

  Freer 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 March 24, 1905, as "Twilight - The Lake" (see Curatorial Remark 3, 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

  American Paintings (September 8, 1961 to May 2, 1973)

  Untitled Exhibition, American Oil Paintings, Gallery 3, 1947 (September 25, 1947 to April 12, 1955)

  Untitled Exhibition, American Oil Paintings, Gallery 4, 1947 (September 25, 1947 to February 25, 1956)

  Third Annual Exhibition of Paintings including a Special Exhibition of Oil Paintings by Childe Hassam of New York (February 1 to March 1, 1909)

  Untitled Exhibition of Paintings by T.W. Dewing and D.W. Tryon (February 18 to February 29, 1908)

  101st Annual Exhibition (January 22, 1906 - March 03, 1906)

  Inaugural Loan Collection of Paintings (May 31 to July 1, 1905)

• 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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• Date

  1900s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Montross, N. E.

• Place

  United States

• Topic

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

• Culture

  Americans

• Object Type

  Paintings