Niles Spencer
Precisionist Cityscape

ArtistAmerican, 1893–1952
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Precisionist Cityscape
Date1950
PlaceUnited States
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsCanvas: 19 1/2 × 23 1/2 in. (49.5 × 59.7 cm)
Frame (outer): 28 1/8 × 32 1/8 × 2 in. (71.4 × 81.6 × 5.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the John R. Eckel, Jr. Foundation
Object number2011.411
Not on view

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ProvenancePurchased by MFAH, 2011.
Exhibition History"The Spirit of Modernism: The John R. Eckel, Jr. Foundation Gift to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, August 20, 2011–January 30, 2012.

"Out on the Streets: Modern Life and Urban Experiences in American Art, 1893-1976," Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Brazil, August 27, 2022–January 30, 2023.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Lower right: Niles Spencer '50

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