Gene Charlton
Oranges

Oranges
Oranges
Oranges
ArtistAmerican, 1910–1979
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Oranges
Date1941
PlaceHouston, Texas, United States
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsCanvas: 7 15/16 × 10 in. (20.2 × 25.4 cm)
Frame: 13 13/16 × 15 15/16 in. (35.1 × 40.5 cm)
Credit Line17th Annual Houston Artists Exhibition, museum purchase prize, 1942
Object number42.8
Not on view

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Department
American Art
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"1980 Houston Area Exhibition," Blaffer Art Museum, University of Houston, June 7–July 27, 1980.

"Emma Richardson Cherry: Houston's First Modern Artist," Julia Ideson Building, Houston Public Library, February 1–May 1, 2013.

"Texas Modernism(s): Houston and Dallas in the 1930s," Julia Ideson Building, Houston Public Library, August 27–November 5, 2022.

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