Spring Fantasy
1963
Artist, American, 1891 - 1978
Artwork overview
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Medium
transparent watercolor with brush and blue and black inks on wove paper
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Credit Line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Ida Jervis in Memory of Alma Thomas)
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Dimensions
sheet: 75.88 × 56.2 cm (29 7/8 × 22 1/8 in.)
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Accession
2015.143.1350
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Artwork history & notes
Provenance
the artist, Washington, D.C.; Ida and Sidney Jervis, Falls Church, Virginia; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1985; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1999
Alma Thomas: A Retrospective of the Paintings, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, September 11 - November 8, 1998, Tampa Musem of Art, January 22 - March 21, 1999, Anacostia Museum, Smithsonian Institution, July 16 - September 12, 1999.
2004
Earthly and Spiritual Pleasures: Works from the Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2003-2004, incorrectly titled "Winter Shadows"
Inscriptions
lower right in black ink: A W Thomas / '63; upper right verso in graphite by unknown hand: F
Markings
embossed lower left: Veritable Papier d'Arches / Torchon
Watermarks
Arches France in lower left corner