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In the Greenhouse

Artist John Henry Twachtman American, 1853–1902

Datecirca 1895

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions25 x 16 in. (63.5 x 40.6 cm)
Frame: 34 1/2 x 25 3/4 in. (87.6 x 65.4 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the State of North Carolina

Object number73.1.3

On View

Not on view

Provenance**Created United States, ca. 1895; collection of the artist. Elizabeth Spencer, Philadelphia; [Coe Kerr Gallery, New York, ca. 1970–1972]; sold to NCMA, 1973.
Published References"Recent Acquisitions," (exhibition catalogue) North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 12, no. 3 (March 1974), listed no. 8, discussed 11, illus. (b-w) 12.

American Paintings from the Collection of the North Carolina Museum of Art (brochure) (Charlotte: Mint Museum of Art, 1975), no. 38, illus. (b-w).

"Biennial Report: Acquisitions," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 13, no. 3 (1976), listed 26.

Dennis R. Anderson, American Flower Painting (New York:Watson-Guptill, 1980), discussed 52, illus. (color) pl. 18.

William H. Gerdts, Painters of the Humble Truth: Masterpieces of American Still Life, 1810–1939 (exhibition catalogue) (Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1981), discussed 221–224, illus. (b-w) fig. 9.8.

William H. Gerdts, Down Garden Paths: The Floral Environment in American Art (exhibition catalogue) (Rutherford, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1983), listed 138, illus. (b-w) 110.

Edgar Peters Bowron, ed., Introduction to the Collections (Chapel Hill: published for the North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, by The University of North Carolina Press, 1983), illus. (b-w) 252.

Ella M. Foshay, Reflections of Nature: Flowers in American Art (exhibition catalogue) (New York: Alfred A, Knopf in association with the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1984), discussed 62, 109, 127, illus. (color) fig. 95.

Lisa N. Peters, “Twachtman’s Greenwich Garden,” in In the Sunlight: The Floral and Figurative Art of J. H. Twachtman (exhibition catalogue) (New York: Spanierman Gallery, 1989), 12.

William H. Gerdts, “Like Dreams of Flowers,” in In the Sunlight: The Floral and Figurative Art of J. H. Twachtman (exhibition catalogue) (New York: Spanierman Gallery, 1989), 33.

Lisa N. Peters, “Catalogue and Plates,” in In the Sunlight: The Floral and Figurative Art of J. H. Twachtman (exhibition catalogue) (New York: Spanierman Gallery, 1989), 64–65, illus. (color) pl. 5.

Introduction to the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1992), illus. (b-w) 243.

Stephen May, "Integrity Rewarded: The Art of John H. Twachtman," Timeline (The Ohio Historical Society), Vol. 16, no. 4 (July/August 1999), 8, illus. (color) 9.

Lisa N. Peters, John Henry Twachtman: An American Impressionist (exhibition catalogue) (Atlanta: High Museum of Art, 1999), 123, illus. (color) pl. 37.

Lisa N. Peters, Life and Art: The Greenwich Paintings of John Henry Twachman (Cos Cob, CT: Greenwich Historical Society, 2021), illus. (color), 82, fig. 66, listed 105.Exhibition HistoryNew York, NY, Coe Kerr Gallery, "150 Years of American Still-Life Painting," April 27–May 16, 1970, no. 42, illus. (b-w) (collection of Coe Kerr Gallery).

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Recent Acquisitions," June 16–August 18, 1974, no. 8, illus. (b-w) 12.

Charlotte, NC, Mint Museum of Art, "American Paintings from the Collection of the North Carolina Museum of Art," September 7–October 19, 1975, no. 38.

Fayetteville, NC, Fayetteville Museum of Art, "Inaugural Exhibition of American Paintings and Sculpture from the Collection of the North Carolina Museum of Art," May 1–30, 1978.

Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina, Ackland Art Museum, "Cartier Soiree," January 16–31, 1979.

Wilmington, NC, St. John's Museum of Art, "Inaugural Exhibition of American Paintings," December 7, 1980–January 4, 1981.

Montclair, NJ, Montclair Art Museum, "Down Garden Paths: The Floral Environment in American Art," October 1–November 30, 1983; Evanston, IL, Terra Museum, December 13, 1983–February 12, 1984; Seattle, WA, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, March 1–May 27, 1984, unnumbered, illus. (b-w) 110.

New York, NY, Whitney Museum of American Art, "Reflections of Nature: Flowers in American Art," March 1–May 20, 1984, illus. (color) fig. 95, listed 200.

New York, NY, Spanierman Gallery, "In the Sunlight: The Floral and Figurative Art of J.H. Twachtman," May 10–June 10, 1989, pl. 5, pp. 13, 33, 64–65, illus. (color).

Cincinnati, OH, Cincinnati Art Museum, "John Henry Twachtman: An American Impressionist," June 6–September 5, 1999; Philadelphia, PA, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, October 16, 1999–January 2, 2000; Atlanta, GA, High Museum of Art, February 26–May 21, 2000, no. 37, pp. 123–27 illus. (color).

Greenwich Historical Society, "Life and Art: The Greenwich Paintings of John Henry Twachtman," October 19, 2022–January 22, 2023. Object Rights Statement

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