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Down the Hill
Down the Hill

Down the Hill

Niles Spencer (American, 1893–1952)
about 1924
Medium/TechniqueOil on plywood
Dimensions40.64 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)
Credit LineGift of the William H. Lane Foundation
Accession number1990.447
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
InscriptionsLower left: NILES SPENCER—Provenance1931, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. May 8, 1954, sold by Downtown Gallery, New York, to the William H. Lane Foundation, Leominster, MA [see note 1]; 1990, gift of the William H. Lane Foundation to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 18, 1990)

NOTES:
[1] Archives of American Art, Downtown Gallery Records, Series 4, Business Records: Sales Slips (1 of 2), 1954: Reel 5627 (Box 72), Frame 912, as dated 1924.



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