Night Flight
Artist
Kenneth Ness
American, 1903–2001
Date20th century
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions40 x 45 in. (101.6 x 114.3 cm)
Frame: 41 1/2 x 46 3/8 x 2 in. (105.4 x 117.8 x 5.1 cm)
Frame: 41 1/2 x 46 3/8 x 2 in. (105.4 x 117.8 x 5.1 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the North Carolina State Art Society (Robert F. Phifer Bequest)
Object numberG.53.1.3
On View
Not on viewAcquisitions from North Carolina Annuals, 1946-1966 (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1967), cat. no. 31, illus. (b-w).
200 Years of the Visual Arts in North Carolina (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1976), cat. no. 38, illus. (b-w).
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, State Art Gallery, State Education Building, "Sixteenth North Carolina Artists' Annual Exhibition," December 3, 1953-January 6, 1954, no. 67.
Greenville, NC, Greenville Art Center, January, 1960; Wilson, NC, Atlantic Christian College, March, 1960.
Fayetteville, NC, Cumberland County Library, May, 1962; Wilmington, NC, St. John's Art Gallery, July-August, 1962.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Acquisitions from North Carolina Annuals, 1946-1966," March 12-26, 1967, cat. no. 31, illus. (b-w).
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "200 Years of the Visual Arts in North Carolina," September 12-October 24, 1976, cat. no. 38, illus. (b-w).
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