Stanton Macdonald-Wright
Nature

Nature

© Estate of Jean Macdonald-Wright

Nature
Nature
ArtistAmerican, 1890–1973
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Nature
Date1957
PlaceUnited States
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsCanvas: 36 × 20 1/8 in. (91.4 × 51.1 cm)
 Frame: 43 7/8 × 27 7/8 in. (111.4 × 70.8 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Alan and Fannie Hall Leslie
Object number2007.175
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Department
American Art
Object Type
ProvenanceAlan and Fannie Hall Leslie, Palm Springs; bequeathed to MFAH, 2007.
Exhibition HistoryEXHIBITED:
Desert Art Collections, Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, California, March 21 - June 2nd, 1985

North Carolina Museum of Art, long-term loan, 8.1997.


Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed lower right: "S. Wright"
Printed back labels on verso:
"North Carolina Museum of Art / Raleigh, North Carolina / On temporary loan to: NCMA / EXHIBITION/DATES; long term loan from the collection of Fannie and Alan Leslie / ARTIST Stanton Macdonald-Wright (1890-1973) / TITLE Nature, 1957 / ... / NUMBER 8.1997"

"This work exhibited at Palm Springs Desert / Museum, Palm Springs, California 3/21-6/2/85 / DESERT ART COLLECTIONS / Title of Exhibition / (and in ink) 'Nature' "

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