Autumn Drama
c. 1969
Painter, American, 1891 - 1978

Artwork overview
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Medium
acrylic on canvas
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Credit Line
Corcoran Collection (The Evans-Tibbs Collection, Gift of Thurlow Evans Tibbs, Jr.)
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Dimensions
overall: 60.96 × 76.2 cm (24 × 30 in.)
framed: 86.68 × 101.92 × 9.84 cm (34 1/8 × 40 1/8 × 3 7/8 in.) -
Accession
2015.19.211
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Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Thurlow Evans Tibbs, Jr. [1952-1997], Washington; gift 1996 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.
Associated Names
Wikidata ID
Q46638649