H x W (overall): 49.8 x 73.3 cm (19 5/8 x 28 7/8 in)
Type:
Painting
Origin:
United States
Date:
1887
Description:
A yellow moonrise over farm-buildings; a haystack in the foreground.
Signatures:
Signed and dated, lower right: D.W. Tryon 1887
Provenance:
To 1891
George Ingraham Seney (1826-1893), New York to 1891 [1]
From 1891 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased at the sale of the George I. Seney Collection, American Art Association, New York, NY, February 17, 1891, no. 115 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Voucher for February 17, 1891, in Voucher File, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Curatorial Remark 6, Linda Merrill, May 1989, in the object record.
[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, Dwight W. Tryon (May 2, 1923 to March 23, 1925)
Panama-Pacific International Exposition (February 20 to December 4, 1915)
Untitled Exhibition of Paintings by D.W. Tryon, 1903 (March 1903)
Exhibition of Paintings by D.W. Tryon (February 1 to 22, 1900)
Mr. George I. Seney's Important Collection of Modern Paintings (1891)
1887 American Art Association (1887)
Previous custodian or owner:
George Ingraham Seney (1826-1893) (C.L. Freer source)
