The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

My First View of the Congo Forest

1930

Paul B. Travis

(American, 1891–1975)
America, Ohio, Cleveland
oil on canvas
Unframed: 76.9 x 101.9 cm (30 1/4 x 40 1/8 in.)
Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection 1930.2083
© Estate of Elisabeth Travis Dreyfuss
Location: Not on view
  • Paul B. Travis Entry Card to 1930 May Show. Cleveland Museum of Art May Show Records, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.org
    Agard, Walter R.. “Cleveland's Artistic Appreciation of Africa.” The American Magazine of Art 23, no. 3 (September 1931): 203-209. Reproduced: p. 209
    Kraynak, Scott, Henry Adams, Douglas Max Utter, William G. Scheele, R. A. Washington, and Mike Hudson. The Heart of Cleveland. Shaker Hts, OH: Red Giant Books, 2018. Reproduced: P. 26, fig. 21
  • Retrospective Twenty-fifth Anniversary May Show. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 13-February 14, 1943).
    The May Show: 12th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 22-June 1, 1930).
  • {{cite web|title=My First View of the Congo Forest|url=false|author=Paul B. Travis|year=1930|access-date=19 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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