The Light and the Dying
Artist
Gilliam Hornstein
American, born 1935
Date20th century
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions48 x 32 in. (121.9 x 81.3 cm)
Frame: 52 1/2 x 36 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (133.4 x 92.7 x 6.4 cm)
Frame: 52 1/2 x 36 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (133.4 x 92.7 x 6.4 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of Carl M. Kirby, Jr., and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kirby
Object numberG.65.20.1
On View
Not on view"Acquisitions," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 6, no. 4, and 7, no. 1 (1966/67?), listed 73.
American Paintings since 1900 from the Permanent Collection (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1967), cat. no. 27, illus. (b-w).
Lawrence Naumoff, "The Light and the Dying" in “You Are the River: Literature Inspired by the North Carolina Museum of Art,” edited by Helena Feder (Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2021), illus (color) 158.Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Twenty-Sixth Annual North Carolina Artists' Exhibition," December 5-29, 1963; Asheville, Auditorium, January 11-17, 1964, cat. no. 66, illus. (b-w).
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "American Paintings since 1900 from the Permanent Collection," 1967, cat. no. 27, illus. (b-w).
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