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Dwight William Tryon

Before Sunrise (Morning Twilight, at Daybreak)

1906–7

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  • Artist Dwight William Tryon (American, 1849–1925)
  • Title Before Sunrise (Morning Twilight, at Daybreak)
  • Date 1906–7
  • Medium Oil on panel
  • Dimensions unframed | 30 1/8 x 40 1/4 in.
  • Credit line University purchase, Bixby Fund, 1910
  • Object number WU 2209

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Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis, 01/19/1986 - 04/01/1986

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Oakland Museum of California, 04/04/1978 - 05/28/1978
Saint Louis Art Museum, 12/01/1977 - 01/12/1978
Whitney Museum of American Art, 06/30/1977 - 10/02/1977
Seattle Art Museum, 02/02/1978 - 03/12/1978

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Inscription [verso UL corner on frame, white rectangular label] [printed in black:] WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART / 945 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10021 / Artist [typewritten:] Dwight W. Tryon / [printed:] Title [typewritten:] BEFORE SUNRISE / [printed:] Date [typewritten:] 1906-7 [printed:] Catalogue No. / Lender [typewritten:] Washington Univeristy Gallery / of Art, St. Louis, Mo. / [printed:] Exhibition [typewritten:] TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY / June 29 - Oct 2 1977

Inscription [verso UL corner on frame, piece of masking tape with writing in black permanent marker:] [illegible text] / 224

Inscription [verso UL on frame, written in pencil:] 57 / 12 3/4

Inscription [verso UL on frame, written in orange paint:] WU 2209

Inscription [verso LL on frame, written in black charcoal or chalk:] Has Glass

Inscription [verso LR on frame, browned rectangular label] [written in pencil:] CLEANEd by / E. H. WHERPEL / [stamped in black twice:] JAN 20 1940

Inscription [verso CR on frame, written in faded black marker:] B

Inscription [verso UR on back of panel, written in red paint:] WU / 2209

Inscription [verso UR on frame, written in red paint:] WU / 2209

Inscription [verso UR on frame, written in black paint:] W. K. BIXBY 4/25/07

Inscription [many miscellaneous scratches and illegible marks on frame]

Inscription [verso UR on frame, white oval label] [written in black ink:] E-7

Inscription [verso UC on frame, white rectangular label] [printed in red:] The St. Louis Art Museum / Forest Park, St. Louis, Missouri 63110 / Exhibition [typewritten in black:] "Impressionism Reflected: American Art, 1890-1920" / May 6-June 27, 1982 / [printed in red:] Title [typewritten in black:] BEFORE SUNRISE / [printed:] Artist [typewritten:] Dwight W. Tryon / [printed:] Lender [typewritten:] Washington University Gallery of Art, St. Louis / [printed:] Entry Number [typewritten:] 4832.5 / [printed:] Loan Number [written in red pencil:] 2209 [printed:] Catalog [rest obscured by another label placed on top of blank for number] [white rectangular lable, written in red ink:] 1982.272

Inscription [verso UR on frame, white rectangular label] [printed in black:] [square logo with three horizontal bars of varying length] THE OAKLAND MUSEUM / ART DEPARTMENT / 1000 OAK STREET / OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA 94607 / THE MUSEUM OF CALIFORNIA / Artist [typewritten in black:] Dwight W. Tryon / [printed:] Title [typewritten:] BEFORE SUNRISE, 1906-07 / [printed:] Lender [typewritten:] Washington Univ. Gallery of Art / St. Louis / [printed:] Exhibition [typewritten:] Turn-Of-The-Century America / [printed:] Date [typewritten:] 4/4 - 5/28, 1978 [printed:] Cat. # / 9REV: CL/9-77)

Inscription [LR corner of painting, written in red paint:] 1906-7 D.W. TRYON

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