Burgoyne Diller
First Theme

First Theme

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First Theme
First Theme
ArtistAmerican, 1906–1965
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • First Theme
Date1963
PlaceUnited States
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions72 × 71 3/4 in. (182.9 × 182.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number80.107
Not on view

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Provenance[Meredith Long & Co., Houston]; purchased by MFAH, 1980.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "Modern American Paintings," Pinacotheque Nationale Musee Alexandre Soutzos, Greece, Sep 20 - Nov 7 1982

Loaned to the MFAH Director's Residence from October 22, 1993 to March 14, 1997 and April 25 to October 1, 1997 (LN:87.39).

Exhibited "Art at Midcentury: Spotlight on the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston", The Museum of Fine Arts,Houston, April 13, 2001 - September 3, 2001, Upper Brown Pavilion.

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

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