Robert Spencer
The Exodus

ArtistAmerican, 1879–1931
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The Exodus
Date1928
PlaceUnited States
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsCanvas: 30 × 36 in. (76.2 × 91.4 cm)
Frame (outer): 40 3/8 × 46 1/8 × 3 5/8 in. (102.6 × 117.2 × 9.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Houston Friends of Art
Object number30.2
Not on view

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Department
American Art
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Robert Spencer: Impressionist of Working Class Life," New Jersey State Museum.

"Call and Response," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 23, 1994–January 1, 1995.

"The Cities, The Towns, The Crowds: The Paintings of Robert Spencer," James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, June 5–September 19, 2004.

"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.

"Art Across America," National Museum of Korea, Seoul, February 4–May 19, 2013; Daejeon Museum of Art, Korea, June 17–September 1, 2013.

"America: Painting a Nation," Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, November 8, 2013–February 9, 2014.

"Making Modern America," Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma, February 10–May 26, 2019.

"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.

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