Autumn Morning

Maker(s)
Artist: Dwight William Tryon (1849-1925)
Historical period(s)
1908-1909
Medium
Oil on wood panel
Dimensions
H x W: 73.7 x 108.7 cm (29 x 42 13/16 in)
Geography
United States
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art
Accession Number
F1910.4a-b
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Painting
Type

Oil painting

Keywords
autumn, landscape, tree, United States
Provenance

From 1910 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from the artist, Dwight William Tryon in 1910 [1]

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

Notes:

[1] See List of American Paintings Other than by Whistler, A, pg. 6, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. According to Curatorial Remark 5, Linda Merrill, May 1989, in the object record: "Research revealed that this painting was purchased from Tryon on 21 Janurary 1910"

[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.

Previous Owner(s)

Dwight William Tryon (C.L. Freer source) 1849-1925
Charles Lang Freer 1854-1919

Published References
  • Ann Arbor Art Association. Exhibition of Oriental and American Art: Under the Joint Auspices of the Alumni Memorial Committee and the Ann Arbor Art Association, on the Occasion of the Opening of the Alumni Memorial Hall, University of Michigan. Exh. cat. Ann Arbor and Detroit, May 11 - May 30, 1910. no. 66.
  • City Art Museum of St. Louis. Fourth Annual Exhibition of Selected American Paintings by American Artists. Exh. cat. St. Louis, September 12, 1909. p. 59.
  • Buffalo Fine Arts Academy. Catalogue of the Fourth Annual Exhibition of Selected Paintings by American Artists. Exh. cat. Buffalo, May 10 - August 30, 1909. p. 59.
  • Linda Merrill. An Ideal Country: Paintings by Dwight William Tryon in the Freer Gallery of Art. Washington and Hanover and London, 1990. cat. 39, pp. 152-153.
Collection Area(s)
American Art
Web Resources
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