Joseph E. Widener

1928

Sir Oswald Hornby Joseph Birley

Painter, British, 1880 - 1952

Sir Oswald Hornby Joseph Birley

Attributed to

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On View

West Building Main Floor, Founders Room

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Gift of P.A.B. Widener

  • Dimensions

    overall: 153 x 102.2 cm (60 1/4 x 40 1/4 in.)
    framed: 184.2 x 133.4 x 10.2 cm (72 1/2 x 52 1/2 x 4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1994.32.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Commissioned 1928 by Joseph E. Widener [1871-1943], Philadelphia; by inheritance to his son, Peter Arrell Brown Widener II [1895-1948], Philadelphia; by inheritance to his son, Peter Arrell Brown Widener III [1925-1999], Sheridan, WY; gift 1994 to NGA.[1]
[1] Provenance taken from appraisal prepared 1994 by Frisk & Borodin Appraisers, Ltd.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1955

  • Loan to display with permanent collection, National Museum of Racing, Saratoga Springs, New York, 1955-1994.

Inscriptions

lower right: Oswald Birley / 1928

Wikidata ID

Q20192743

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