William M. McVey
Fairport Light

Fairport Light
Fairport Light
Fairport Light
ArtistAmerican, 1905–1995
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Fairport Light
Date1928
PlaceTexas, United States
MediumWatercolor on wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 11 7/8 × 17 15/16 in. (30.2 × 45.6 cm)
Credit Line5th Annual Houston Artists Exhibition, museum purchase prize, 1929
Object number29.2
Not on view

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Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"1980 Houston Area Exhibition," Sarah Campbell Blaffer Gallery, The University of Houston, June 7–July 27, 1980.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
recto lower right in pencil: McVey

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