Signed and dated, lower right corner: W. L. Metcalf 1909

Willard Leroy Metcalf

transferred to The Montross Galleries. 1910-present, purchased by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Willard Leroy Metcalf, Unfolding Buds, 1909, oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit Museum of Art Purchase, Popular Subscription Fund, 10.6.