Red Snow-Mt. Fuji, Lake Hakone
Artist
Robert F. Phifer
American, 1849–1928
Date1914
MediumOil on panel
DimensionsFrame: 14 1/4 x 20 1/2 x 1 5/8 in. (36.2 x 52.1 x 4.1cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of the North Carolina State Art Society (Robert F. Phifer Bequest)
Object numberG.28.2.118
On View
Not on viewDuring a six-month visit to Japan in 1914, North Carolina-born Robert F. Phifer recorded what he saw in finely observed sketches in pencil and watercolor and in small oil studies such as this evening view of Mt. Fuji. A great lover and collector of art, Phifer became one of the first benefactors of what would become the North Carolina Museum of Art.ProvenanceProbably created Japan, 1914; collection of the artist (1849–1928), New York and Concord, NC; probably bequeathed to North Carolina State Art Society, 1928; transferred to NCMA, 1950s.Exhibition HistoryConcord, NC, The Concord Museum, “The Robert F. Phifer Art Collection,” March 26–July 14, 2015. Object Rights Statement
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