Moonlight

Object Details

• Artist

  Dwight William Tryon (1849-1925)

• Description

  A yellow moonrise over farm-buildings; a haystack in the foreground.

• Signatures

  Signed and dated, lower right: D.W. Tryon 1887

• Provenance

  To 1891

  George Ingraham Seney (1826-1893), New York to 1891 [1]

  From 1891 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased at the sale of the George I. Seney Collection, American Art Association, New York, NY, February 17, 1891, no. 115 [2]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] See Voucher for February 17, 1891, in Voucher File, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Curatorial Remark 6, Linda Merrill, May 1989, in the object record.

  [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

  Shifting Boundaries: Perspectives on American Landscapes (July 13, 2024 to July 26, 2026)

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

  Panama-Pacific International Exposition (February 20 to December 4, 1915)

  Untitled Exhibition of Paintings by D.W. Tryon, 1903 (March 1903)

  Exhibition of Paintings by D.W. Tryon (February 1 to 22, 1900)

  Mr. George I. Seney's Important Collection of Modern Paintings (1891)

  1887 American Art Association (1887)

• Previous custodian or owner

  George Ingraham Seney (1826-1893) (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  United States

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Painting

• On View

  Freer Gallery 10: Shifting Boundaries: Perspectives on American Landscapes

• Restrictions and Rights

  CC0 - Creative Commons (CC0 1.0)

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1880s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Seney, George Ingraham

• Place

  United States

• Topic

  Charles Lang Freer collection, Landscapes, Art, Night, Moon, American Art, Outer space, Nocturne

• Culture

  Americans

• Object Type

  Paintings

• On View

  Yes