Autumn, 1912

  • John Francis Murphy, American, 1853-1921

Oil on canvas

  • Unframed: 24 1/2 × 36 1/4 inches (62.2 × 92.1 cm)
  • 50 3/8 × 30 3/8 × 4 1/4 inches (128 × 77.2 × 10.8 cm)

Detroit Museum of Art Purchase, Popular Subscription Fund

12.1

Department

American Art before 1950

Signed and dated, lower right: J. Francis Murphy 1912

John Francis Murphy [1853-1921]

1912-present, purchase by the Detroit Museum of Art (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

“Murphy Painting at Museum of Art.” The Detroit News (March 8, 1912). Burroughs, Clyde. “A Murphy Added to the Permanent Collection.” Bulletin of the DMA 6, 2 (April 1912): p. 13 (ill.). ____________. “Contemporary American Art: J. Francis Murphy.” Bulletin of the DMA 7, 3 (July 1913): pp. 56-57, 60 (ill.).

John Francis Murphy, Autumn, 1912, oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit Museum of Art Purchase, Popular Subscription Fund, 12.1.