Afternoon, Shelter Island

Artist William Posey Silva American, 1859–1948

Date1911

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions12 x 16 in. (30.5 x 40.6 cm)
Frame: 13 3/4 x 18 x 3/4 in. (34.9 x 45.7 x 1.9 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineGift of the North Carolina State Art Society (Robert F. Phifer Bequest)

Object numberG.28.2.72

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ProvenanceCreated United States, ca. 1911; collection of the artist; [sale, Salmagundi Club, New York, February 10–17, 1912]; Robert Fulenwider Phifer (1849–1928), New York and Concord, NC; bequeathed to the NC State Art Society, Raleigh, NC, 1928; officially transferred by the Society to the NCMA, 1961.

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