The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of June 30, 2022

The Stream

1915

Frank W. Benson

(American, 1862-1951)

America, 20th century

Watercolor

Support: White wove paper (discolored to light yellow)

Sheet: 45.6 x 55.8 cm (17 15/16 x 21 15/16 in.)

Bequest of Charles T. Brooks 1939.233

Reproduced by permission The Frank W. Benson Trust, Faith Andrews Bedford Trustee.

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

signed, lower left, in blue watercolor: F. W. Benson / '15

Provenance
1915-?
Frank W. Benson (the artist) [1862-1951]
E. L. Whittemore Collection
?-1939
Estate of Charles T. Brooks
May 29, 1939
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Exhibition history

Louisville, Kentucy: J. B. Speed Art Museum, 1949. "Water Color Paintings" (AFA Museum Series Program of exhibitions). Also traveled to: Tucker Galleries, Miami Beach, FL; Watkins Institute, Nashville, TN; University of Florida, Gainesville , FL; Lyman Allyn Museum, New London, CT; Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; St. Paul, Minnesota; Winnepeg, Canada; Strawn Art Gallery, Jacksonville, Illinois

Akron, Ohio: Akron Art Institute, November 28, 1967-January 14, 1968. "Paintings by Ohio Artists"

Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 4/19/98 - 7/12/98. "American Drawings from the Permanent Collection."

The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).

Water Colors from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art (July 23-September 16, 1973).

American Drawings from the Permanent Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 19-July 12, 1998).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1939.233