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Object Details

Previous custodian or owner
Dwight William Tryon (1849-1925) (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
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.
Data Source
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Artist
Dwight William Tryon (1849-1925)
Designer
Stanford White (1853-1906)
Date
1893
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
H x W (overall): 71.5 x 155.2 cm (28 1/8 x 61 1/8 in)
Type
Painting

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