Vincent Colyer
The Organist

ArtistAmerican, 1825–1888
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The Organist
Datec. 1869–1871
PlaceUnited States
MediumWatercolor on paper
DimensionsSheet: 2 1/2 × 4 in. (6.4 × 10.2 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by AIG American General at "One Great Night in November, 1997"
Object numberB.97.26
Non exposé

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Department
Bayou Bend
Provenance[Kennedy Galleries, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1997.
Exhibition HistoryLoaned to Cypress Creek Christian Church and Community Center, Spring, Texas, for display in Colyer exhibition, February 9–July 16, 1999
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed on secondary support: The Organist - Osage Indian reservation Southern Kansas
[no marks]

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