New England Hills

Object Details

• Artist

  Dwight William Tryon (1849-1925)

• Provenance

  To 1901

  N.E. Montross (1849-1932), New York, NY, to 1901 [1]

  From 1901 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from N.E. Montross in 1901 [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 August 19, 1901(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

  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)

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

  Comparative Exhibition of Native and Foreign Art at the Galleries of the American Fine Arts Society (November 15 to December 11, 1904)

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

• 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, American Art

• Culture

  Americans

• Object Type

  Paintings