Ferry Slip

Artist James Penney (American, 1910 - 1982)

Daten.d.

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsOverall: 29 x 36 inches (73.66 x 91.44 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mrs. David M. Lighton through the Friends of Art

Object number49-67

On View

Not on view

Collections

Modern Art

Terms

Provenance

With Kraushaar Galleries, New York, by December 1948-1949;

Purchased by Joseph Samuel Atha (1898-1970), Kansas City, MO, 1949 [1];

His gift to Gertrude M. Lighton, Kansas City, MO, 1949;

Her gift to the Friends of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1949;

Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1949.

NOTES:

[1] J. S. Atha was Chairman of the Friends of Art Selection Committee, which oversaw the acquisition of Modern artworks to be presented to the Nelson-Atkins. Atha purchased this painting in 1949 and offered it at the December 9, 1949 Friends of Art meeting as a door prize to encourage a campaign for new members. The winner was drawn by lot from the names of new Friends of Art members and established members who brought a new member into the organization. Gertrude M. Lighton won the painting, and gave it to the Friends of Art at the same meeting. NAMA Archives, Friends of Art Minutes, 1949.

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