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Spruce Trees by the Sea
Spruce Trees by the Sea

Spruce Trees by the Sea

Artist John R. Koopman American, 1881–1949
Datecirca 1920
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions14 1/4 x 14 3/8 in. (36.2 x 36.5 cm)
Frame: 17 1/4 x 11 3/4 in. (43.8 x 29.8 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of the North Carolina State Art Society (Robert F. Phifer Bequest)
Object numberG.28.2.46
On View
Not on view
ProvenanceCreated United States, ca. 1920; collection of the artist [probably sale, Salmagundi Club, New York, February 10–11, 1921, no. 65 (as Spruce Trees by the Sea)]; 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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