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A Lighted Village

Object Details

Provenance
To 1899
Thomas B. Clarke (1848-1931), New York, NY, to 1899 [1]
From 1899 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased at the Thomas B. Clarke Collection sale, American Art Association, February 14, 1899, no. 52 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] According to Curatorial Remark 5, Linda Merrill, 1989, in the object record. See Catalogue of the Private Art Collection of Thomas B. Clark, American Art Association, New York (1899), pgs. 107-108, and listing no.52.
[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 Paintings (December 27, 1984 to January 18, 1985)
Winter into Spring: American Landscapes (March 4, 1982 to June 1, 1982)
Untitled Exhibition, American Oil Paintings and Watercolors (May 10, 1945 to September 25, 1947)
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
Thomas Benedict Clarke (1848-1931) (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Data Source
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Artist
Dwight William Tryon (1849-1925)
Date
ca. 1887
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Medium
Oil on wood panel
Dimensions
H x W: 34.8 x 55.2 cm (13 11/16 x 21 3/4 in)
Type
Painting
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