About the Artwork
Study for the "Flight of Night"
between 1848 and 1850
William Morris Hunt
1824-1879
American
Unknown
Plaster
Overall: 19 3/4 × 17 5/16 × 4 5/8 inches (50.2 × 44 × 11.7 cm)
Sculpture
American Art before 1950
Founders Society Purchase, American Art General Fund
1987.2
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
Mabel Hunt Slater (the artist's daughter)
Rae Slater Murphy (the artist's granddaughter)
Dr. James Slater Murphy (the artist's great grandson). 1987-present, purchase through the American Art General Fund for the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Adams, H. "The Development of William Morris Hunt's The Flight of Night." American Art Journal 15, 2 (Spring 1983): pp. 43-52.
Adams, H. Proceedings of the New York State Capital Symposium. November 1983, pp. 96-191 (published by the temporary State Commission on the Restoration of the Capital).
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William Morris Hunt, Study for the "Flight of Night", between 1848 and 1850, plaster. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, American Art General Fund, 1987.2.
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