Everett Franklin Spruce
Catalpa Tree Landscape

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Artist Everett Franklin Spruce(American, 1908–2002)American, 1908–2002

CultureAmerican

Titles

Catalpa Tree Landscape

Date1929

PlaceUnited States

MediumOil on canvas mounted on three-panel screen

DimensionsOverall: 66 3/16 × 60 3/8 × 1 1/8 in. (168.1 × 153.4 × 2.9 cm)
Three two-sided panels, each: 66 3/16 × 20 1/8 × 1 1/8 in. (168.1 × 51.1 × 2.9 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Museum Collectors

Object number95.173

Not on view

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Department

American Art

Object Type

PAINTING

Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"The Twentieth Century: Decorative Arts from the Permanent Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 30, 1995–February 18, 1996.

“Crossing State Lines: Texas Art from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 23, 2000–March 18, 2001.

"American Made: 250 Years of American Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, July 7, 2012–January 2, 2013.

"Texas Made Modern: The Art of Everett Spruce," Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, August 15–November 1, 2020.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Signed in black paint, lower right in the image: EVERETT SPRUCE '29

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