Autumn
Object Details
- Date
- 1892
- Artist
- Dwight William Tryon (1849-1925)
- Designer
- Stanford White (1853-1906) (frame)
- Description
- Open fields, broken by a copse in the middle distance. Signature in lower right corner.
- Signatures
- Signature - D.W. Tryon, MDCCCLXXXXII, in lower right corner.
- Provenance
- From 1893 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from the artist, Dwight William Tryon on April 12, 1893 [1]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [2]
- Notes:
- [1] See Voucher No. 22, April 1893, Box 2, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Curatorial Remarks, S. Hobbs, 1978: One of a series of four canvases based on the seasons, the painting was commissioned for Freer's new home in Detroit which was built in 1892-1893.
- [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.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- Choice Spirits: Works by Thomas Dewing and Dwight Tryon (March 9, 1996 to July 7, 1997)
- American Art - Dwight William Tryon (May 9, 1993 to February 20, 1996)
- American Paintings (December 27, 1984 to January 18, 1985)
- American Paintings, Dwight W. Tryon (May 2, 1923 to March 23, 1925)
- World's Columbian Exposition (May 1 to October 30, 1893)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Dwight William Tryon (1849-1925) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Origin
- United States
- Topic
- autumn
- United States
- American Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Related Online Resources
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- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Accession Number
- F1893.16a-b
- Type
- Painting
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- H x W (overall): 96 x 125 cm (37 13/16 x 49 3/16 in)
- Metadata Usage
- Not determined
- Record ID
- fsg_F1893.16a-b
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