Red Clay Street, No. 1
Artist
Francis Speight
American, 1896–1989
Date1938
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions30 1/2 x 40 in. (77.5 x 101.6 cm)
Frame: 38 1/2 x 48 3/8 in. (97.8 x 122.9 cm)
Frame: 38 1/2 x 48 3/8 in. (97.8 x 122.9 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Hall
Object numberG.62.15.1
On View
Not on viewPublished References"Acquisitions," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 4, nos. 2 & 3 (Winter-Spring 1964), mentioned 7, listed 59, illus. (b-w) 54.
American Paintings since 1900 from the Permanent Collection (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1967), cat. no. 71, illus. (b-w).
American Paintings from the Permanent Collection of the North Carolina Museum of Art (exhibition catalogue) (Asheville: Asheville Art Museum, 1976), listed (with artist's bio.) 28, illus. (b-w) 29.
"Francis Speight," North Carolina Museum of Art Preview (Summer 1985), 13.
"The Nomination of Francis Speight for the Oliver Max Gardner Award," East Carolina University, Greenville, 1975 (unpublished manuscript in library artist file).
Exhibition HistoryFayetteville, NC, Cumberland County Public Library, "Outreach Exhibition," May, 1964.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "American Paintings since 1900 from the Permanent Collection," April 1-23, 1967, cat. no. 71, illus. (b-w).
University Park, PA, The Pennsylvania State Museum of Art, "Manayunk and Other Places: Paintings and Drawings by Francis Speight," September 8-October 27, 1974.
Statesville, NC, Arts and Science Museum, "Annual September Membership Exhibition," September 7-28, 1975.
Asheville, NC, Asheville Art Museum, "American Paintings from the Permanent Collection of the North Carolina Museum of Art," May 16-June 27, 1976, listed (with artist's bio.) 28, illus. (b-w) 29.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "A Tribute to Francis Speight," April 18-June 30, 1985, leaflet.
Fayetteville, NC, Fayetteville Art Museum, "Born in North Carolina: Elliott Daingerfield and Frances Speight," April 6-May 29, 1986.
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 American Paintings from the North Carolina Museum of Art," March 5-April 28, 1991.
Beaufort, NC, Carteret County Library, "Seven Paintings by Twentieth 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.
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