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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1939.303
People
Frank Weston Benson, American (Salem, MA 1862 - 1951 Salem, MA)
Title
Swan Flight
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
1893
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/311235

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
sight: 80 x 100.3 cm (31 1/2 x 39 1/2 in.)
framed: 85.7 x 106.1 x 4.5 cm (33 3/4 x 41 3/4 x 1 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.l.: F. W. Benson 1893

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Dr. Arthur T. Cabot.
Bequest to Fogg Art Museum, 1939.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Dr. Arthur T. Cabot
Accession Year
1939
Object Number
1939.303
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Frank W. Benson: A Retrospective, exh. cat., Berry-Hill Galleries, Inc. (New York, NY, 1989), reproduced in b/w fig. 39, p. 42; text pp. 41-42
  • Faith Andrews Bedford, Frank Weston Benson, Rizzoli (New York, NY, 1992), reproduced in b/w p. 42
  • Faith Andrews Bedford, Frank W. Benson, American Impressionist, Rizzoli (New York, NY, 1994), reproduced in b/w p. 64, pl. 34

Exhibition History

  • Unidentified Exhibition, St. Botolph Club, 1894, St. Botolph Club, 01/01/1894 - 06/01/1894

Verification Level

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