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Frank Weston Benson

Lady Trying on a Hat (The Black Hat),

Maker

  • Frank Weston Benson

Title

Lady Trying on a Hat (The Black Hat)

Medium

oil paint

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Oil on canvas

Techniques

  • Oil on canvas

Supports

  • canvas

Dimensions

102.2 x 81.6 cm (40 1/4 x 32 1/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: Signed LL:F.W. Benson 1904

Type

  • Paintings

Credit

Gift of Walter Callender, Henry D. Sharpe, Howard L. Clark, William Gammell and Isaac C. Bates

Object Number

06.002

Lady Trying on a Hat (The Black Hat)

Selection VII

American Painting from the Museum's Collection, c.1800-1930

Signature: Signed LL:F.W. Benson 1904

Publications

Style and Sincerity

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Selection VII

American Painting from the Museum's Collection, c.1800-1930

Exhibition History

American Art from the Permanent Collection

May 1, 2010 - August 31, 2014

Making It In America

October 11, 2013 - February 9, 2014

American Paintings from the Museum's Collection

February 10 - April 1, 1999

Joseph Lindon Smith and His Circle in Dublin, New Hampshire

October 14, 1998 - March 3, 1999

Romanticism and Revival

December 4, 1992 - June 26, 1993

Following the Light

September 20 - November 10, 1991

American Painting and Sculpture from the Permanent Collection

June 26, 1987 - January 3, 1988

Selection VII

March 31 - May 8, 1977
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