Morning

Fields, trees, a morning sky. Study in gray- green and pink. Signature in lower right corner.

Maker(s)
Artist: Dwight William Tryon (1849-1925)
Historical period(s)
1906
Medium
Oil on wood panel
Dimensions
H x W: 40.7 x 60.9 cm (16 x 24 in)
Geography
United States
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Accession Number
F1906.83a-b
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Painting
Type

Oil painting

Keywords
landscape, morning, tree, United States
Provenance

From 1906 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from the artist, Dwight William Tryonin 1906 [1]

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

Notes:

[1] Purchased from Dwight William Tryon on February 14, 1906 (see Curatorial Remark 4, Linda Merrill, May 1989, in the object record).

[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) and Custodian(s)

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

Description

Fields, trees, a morning sky. Study in gray- green and pink. Signature in lower right corner.

Published References
  • Charles Henry Caffin. The Art of Dwight W. Tryon: An Appreciation. New York. p. 71.
  • Linda Merrill. An Ideal Country: Paintings by Dwight William Tryon in the Freer Gallery of Art. Washington and Hanover and London, 1990. cat. 29, pp. 140-143.
Collection Area(s)
American Art
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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