Head of an Art Student
Artist
Francis Speight
American, 1896–1989
Date1929
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
Frame: 25 1/8 x 20 1/4 in. (63.8 x 51.4 cm)
Frame: 25 1/8 x 20 1/4 in. (63.8 x 51.4 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of Harry L. Dalton
Object numberG.61.4.1
On View
Not on viewPublished ReferencesFrancis Speight Retrospective Exhibition (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1961), cat. no. 5, illus. (b-w).
American Paintings since 1900 from the Permanent Collection (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1967), cat. no. 69, illus. (b-w).
"Frances Speight," North Carolina Museum of Art Preview (Summer 1985), mentioned 12.
"The Nomination of Francis Speight for the Oliver Max Gardner Award," East Carolina University, Greenville, 1975 (unpublished manuscript in library artist file).
Asheville Art Museum Profile (January-March 1991), illus.
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Francis Speight Retrospective Exhibition," February 16-March 26, 1961, cat. no. 5, illus. (b-w).
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "American Paintings since 1900 from the Permanent Collection," April 1-23, 1967, cat. no. 69, illus. (b-w).
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Francis Speight," April 18-June 30, 1985, leaflet.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Art in North Carolina, 1912- 1954, Paintings from the Permanent Collection," January 24-March 22, 1987; Lexington, NC, Davidson Art Guild, July 31-August 26, 1987.
Asheville, NC, Asheville Art Museum, "Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Paintings from the North Carolina Museum of Art," March 5-April 28, 1991.
Beaufort, NC, Carteret County Library, "Seven Paintings by 20th Century North Carolina Artists," October 1-31, 1991.
Lumberton, NC, Robeson County Public Library, "Art in North Carolina, 1912-1954," March 30-May 14, 1993.
Morganton,NC, City of Morganton Municipal Auditorium, "Art in North Carolina, 1912-1954," October 5-November 7, 1994.
Buies Creek, NC, Campbell University, Taylor Bott Rogers Fine Arts Center, "Art in North Carolina, 1912-1954," March 1-30, 1995.
Franklin, NC, Macon Savings Bank for the Arts Council of Macon County, "Outreach Exhibition," June 13-August 12, 1997.
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