Sans Souci Ferry

Artist Francis Speight American, 1896–1989

Date1965

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions30 x 38 in. (76.2 x 96.5 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the State of North Carolina

Object number66.26.1

On View

Not on view

ProvenanceCreated Greenville, NC, or Philadelphia, 1965; collection of the artist; sold to NCMA, 1966.
Published References"Acquisitions," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 7, nos. 2 and 3 (1967/68?), mentioned 8, listed 71, illus. (b-w) 59, fig. 31.

American Paintings since 1900 from the Permanent Collection (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1967), cat. no. 70, illus. (b-w).

H. G. Jones, North Carolina Illustrated, 1524-1984 (Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1983), 432, illus. 461.

Francis Speight: Selections from His Works Since 1961 (exhibition catalogue) (Greenville, NC: Gray Art Gallery at East Carolina University, 1984), cat. no. 10, illus. (b-w).

"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"The Nomination of Francis Speight for the Oliver Max Gardner Award," East Carolina University, Greenville, 1975 (unpublished manuscript in library artist file).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 HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "American Paintings since 1900 from the Permanent Collection," April 1-23, 1967, cat. no. 70, illus. (b-w).

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The North Carolina Gallery: An Introductory Exhibition," October 5-November 26, 1972.

Bertie County Bicentennial Festival, Special Exhibition, November 20-27, 1976.

Wilmington, NC, St. John's Museum of Art, "Francis Speight: Selections from his works since 1961," April 6-May 31, 1984; Greenville, NC, Gray Art Gallery, East Carolina University, September 14-October 14, 1984; Greensboro, NC, Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art, October 20- November 11, 1984, cat. no. 10, illus.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "A Tribute to Francis Speight," April 18-June 30, 1985, leaflet.
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