The Red Table

Niles Spencer (American, 1893–1952)

1927

Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas

Dimensions56.2 x 88.9 cm (22 1/8 x 35 in.)

Credit LineGift of the William H. Lane Foundation

Accession number1990.445

On View

Not on view

ClassificationsPaintings

Collections

Americas

InscriptionsLower right: NILES/SPENCER; Reverse: "THE RED TABLE"Provenance1931 until at least 1937, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York [see note 1]. May 8, 1954, sold by Downtown Gallery, New York, to the William H. Lane Foundation, Leominster, MA [see note 2]; 1990, gift of the William H. Lane Foundation to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 18, 1990)

NOTES:
[1] Whitney Museum of American Art: History, Purpose and Activities, Catalogue of the Collection to June, 1937, p. 23.

[2] Archives of American Art, Downtown Gallery Records, Series 4, Business Records: Sales Slips (1 of 2), 1954: Reel 5627 (Box 72), Frame 912. The sale slip dates the painting to 1930 and a handwritten annotation changes the title to "The Green Table."