TitlePurple and Gold
Artist
Will H. Low
(American, 1853 - 1932)
Date1889
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 36 × 18 in.
Framed: 37 7/8 × 20 1/4 × 2 in.
SignedSigned lower left: "1889 Will H. Low"
SubmissionNA diploma presentation, March 9, 1891
Credit LineNational Academy of Design, New York, NY
Object number793-P
Label TextThis painting, which may depict an allegory of spring, was offered by the artist for sale for $1,200 at the Academy's annual exhibition of 1889. A reviewer for the (New York) Evening Post saw it as 'strictly classical' and noted that it was executed with a 'powerful and somewhat acid color scheme.' The Art Amateur found it 'heavy'.Purple and Gold remained unsold and Low eventually presented it to the Academy as his diploma work. But he expressed a desire to exchange it for another work in the near future, an action which was never taken.
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