The Performance
Artist
Wilhelmina Weber Furlong
American, 1878 - 1962
Dateca. 1955
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsStretcher: 24 × 30 in. (61 × 76.2 cm)
Frame Dimensions: 25 x 41 1/4 in. (63.5 x 104.8 cm)
Frame Dimensions: 25 x 41 1/4 in. (63.5 x 104.8 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of Katherine J. DeGroot
Object number1994.10
On View
Not on viewCollections
- American Paintings & Sculpture
SignedSigned LR: "WF"
InscribedGlued to the reverse, on the right side of the stretcher, the newspaper obituary from the Glens Falls Post Star May 26, 1962. Headline "Weber Furlong, 84/___Noted Artist." Recent Hyde Collection adhesive label attached to fom-cor backing.
Markings"T20 (or 28?) at ctr top of stretcher. Hyde acc no. written at UL and LR or frame.
DescriptionCubist-influenced. Long,horizontal still-life, that is triptych-like with three still-lifes in a single panel. Fruit on a large platter at the left, a violin at the center and a pitcher with wine glass at the right have numerous elements in between to link them.Exhibition History"Weber Furlong," The Hyde Collection, April 16 - May 31, 1966.ProvenanceThomas McLellandFran Troeber
Fort Edward, NY, Katherine J. de Groot
1994, Glens Falls, NY, The Hyde Collection Trust (by bequest)
