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Painter:
Benson, Frank Weston 1862-1951  Search this
Subject:
Lawson, Ralph, Jr  Search this
Lawson, Frank Benson  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Metropolitan Museum of Art 5th Avenue at 82nd Street New York New York 10028 Accession Number: 27.61
Date:
1926
Notes:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975.
Burke, Doreen Bolger, "American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume III: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born between 1846 and 1864," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1980, pg. 443.
"Frank W. Benson: a retrospective," New York: Berry-Hill Galleries, 1989, fig. 114.
"Frank W. Benson: the Impressionist years," New York: Spanierman Gallery, 1988.
Summary:
A portrait of the artist's grandsons, Frank Benson Lawson (1914- ) sitting on the grass, and Ralph Lawson, Jr. (1916- ) standing with a model boat in his hands. They are depicted with their dog in the tall grassy landscape at Wooster Farm in North Haven, Maine, where the artist spent his summers beginning in the early 1900s.
Topic:
Landscape--Maine--North Haven  Search this
Portrait group--Family--Siblings  Search this
Portrait male--Full length  Search this
Portrait male--Child  Search this
Animal--Dog  Search this
Object--Toy--Boat  Search this
Control number:
IAP 36120282
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_42062