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Title:Morning Light
Artist:Eugene Speicher (American, Buffalo, New York 1883–1962 Woodstock, New York)
Date:ca. 1907
Medium:Oil on canvas
Dimensions:27 1/4 × 34 1/8 in. (69.2 × 86.7 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:George A. Hearn Fund, 1912
Accession Number:12.105.5
Inscription: Signed (lower right): Eugene E. Speicher
the artist, New York (until 1912; sold to MMA)
University of Georgia, Athens. "Contemporary Paintings from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," May 16–June 2, 1941.
State Teachers College at New Paltz. January 27–March 16, 1945.
Goldendale, Wash. Maryhill Museum of Art. June 18–November 15, 1945.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "American Landscape Painting," April 4–August 13, 1989, no catalogue.
Tulsa, Okla. Philbrook Museum of Art. "The Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," April 14–June 9, 1991, no. 3.
Miami. Center for the Fine Arts. "The Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," June 29–August 24, 1991, no. 3.
Omaha. Joslyn Art Museum. "The Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," September 14–November 10, 1991, no. 3.
Tampa Museum of Art. "The Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," December 14, 1991–February 8, 1992, no. 3.
Greenville, S. C. Greenville County Museum of Art. "The Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," March 17–May 10, 1992, no. 3.
Madison, Wisc. Madison Art Center. "The Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," June 6–August 2, 1992, no. 3.
Grand Rapids, Mich. Grand Rapids Art Museum. "The Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," September 11–November 8, 1992, no. 3.
Albany. New York State Museum. "20th Century American Landscapes from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," May 31–October 14, 2001, unnum. brochure.
"Recent Accessions: Additions to the Hearn Collection." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 7 (July 1912), p. 135, ill. p. 137.
"Puzzle in Picture in Art Museum." New York Times (July 6, 1912), p. 7.
"Metropolitan Museum." American Art News 10 (July 13, 1912), p. 7.
"William T. Evans and George A. Hearn Figure as Benefactors of Metropolitan Museum and National Gallery of Art in Washington." Philadelphia Inquirer (July 14, 1912), p. 2.
"New Portrait by Speicher Bought by the Metropolitan." New York Times (February 21, 1928), p. 1.
"Metropolitan Museum Buys Speicher Landscape." New York Herald Tribune (January 18, 1934), p. 15.
"Metropolitan Buys a Speicher." New York Times (January 18, 1934), p. 17.
Lisa M. Messinger inThe Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. cat., American Federation of Arts. New York, 1991, pp. 24–26, 62, no. 3, ill. (color).
Robert Rosenblum inThe Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. cat., American Federation of Arts. New York, 1991, pp. 9–10.
John Brandenburg. "Art Review: Philbrook Show Features 60 Landscape Paintings." Daily Oklahoman (May 29, 1991), p. 13.
Eliot Nusbaum. "Joslyn Hosts a Vivid Landscape Show." Des Moines Sunday Register (September 22, 1991), p. 7F.
Lisa Mintz Messinger. 20th Century American Landscapes from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. brochure, New York State Museum. Albany, 2001, unpaginated, ill. cover (color).
Eugene Speicher (American, Buffalo, New York 1883–1962 Woodstock, New York)
1927
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