In the Steerage

Artist George Benjamin Luks American, 1866–1933

Date1900

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions30 5/8 x 19 1/4 in. (77.8 x 48.9 cm)
Original canvas: 30 1/4 x 18 3/4 in. (76.8 x 47.6 cm)
Frame: 36 1/4 x 24 7/8 in. (92.1 x 63.2 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Elizabeth Gibson Taylor and Walter Frank Taylor Fund and the North Carolina State Art Society (Robert F. Phifer Bequest)

Object number98.12

On View

On view

Provenance**Created New York, 1900; collection of the artist. [C. W. Kraushaar Art Galleries, New York, 1934]; [Kleeman Galleries, New York, mid-1930s]. [Phillips, New York, March 11, 1981, no. 55, illus.]; [Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, 1981]; Richard Manoogian (b. 1936), Detroit, 1981–1982; [Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, 1982–1983]; private collection; [Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, 1998]; sold to NCMA, 1998.

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