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First Tri-Color Lonestar Flag of Texas-1835

1964

William Kent

Associated Names

William Kent

Artist, American, born 1919

This is a painting of a stylized flag design accompanied by a silhouette. The image is composed of three vertical sections forming a flag. The left section is blue and contains a large white star with the letters "S", "T", "A", "R", and "X" arranged around it. The middle section is white and features a silhouette of a young figure saluting, rendered in blue. The right section is a solid red color.

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Artwork overview

Medium

slate print
Credit Line

Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Dimensions

image: 26.5 × 73.5 cm (10 7/16 × 28 15/16 in.)
sheet: 35 × 82.5 cm (13 3/4 × 32 1/2 in.)
Accession Number

2008.115.2853

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(The York Square Cinema Gallery); Dave and Reba Williams, Greenwich, CT, October 2000; gift to NGA, December 2008

Associated Names

Dave H. and Reba W. Williams

Inscriptions

Inscribed: In pencil: lower right, William Kent, 1964; lower center, 'First Tri-Color Lonestar Flag of Texas - 1835'; lower left, 4/20

Wikidata ID

Q76454892

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