Spring, 1893

  • Dwight William Tryon, American, 1849-1925

Paint on canvas

  • Unframed: 40 1/2 × 31 1/2 inches (102.9 × 80 cm)
  • 53 7/16 × 43 7/8 × 2 inches (135.7 × 111.4 × 5.1 cm)

Bequest of Colonel Frank J. Hecker

27.315

On View

  • American, Level 2, West

Department

American Art before 1950

Signed and dated, lower right: D W TRYON 1893

Colonel Frank J. Hecker

1927-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Dwight William Tryon, Spring, 1893, paint on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Colonel Frank J. Hecker, 27.315.