Lights in an Aircraft Plant

1945

Ralston Crawford

Artist, American, born Canada, 1906 - 1978

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On View

East Building Ground Level, Gallery 106-C

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Burton Tremaine

  • Dimensions

    overall: 77.1 x 102.2 cm (30 3/8 x 40 1/4 in.)
    framed: 88.9 x 114.3 x 6 cm (35 x 45 x 2 3/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1971.87.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Burton G. [1902-1991] and Emily Hall [1908-1987] Tremaine, Madison, Connecticut; gift 1971 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1974

  • Selected American Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, University Center Gallery, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, 1974, no catalogue.

1978

  • Inaugural Exhibition, The Community Art Gallery, Santa Fe Community College, Gainesville, Florida, 1978.

1986

  • Ralston Crawford, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.; Portland (Oregon) Art Museum; Akron Art Museum; Grand Rapids Art Museum, 1986-1987, no. 63, repro. and cover.

1993

  • Extended loan for use by Ambassador Pickering, U.S. Embassy residence, Moscow, Russia, 1993-1996.

2000

  • Hitchcock and Art: Fatal Coincidences, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 2000-2001, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

2008

  • Painting in the United States, Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, 2008, no. 46, repro.

Bibliography

1980

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 140, repro.

1992

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 154, repro.

Inscriptions

lower right: RALSTON / CRAWFORD '45

Wikidata ID

Q20193639

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