id:			172756
accession number:	1930.2083
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1930.2083
updated:		2026-01-02 10:47:37.488000

My First View of the Congo Forest, 1930. Paul B. Travis (American, 1891–1975). Oil on canvas; unframed: 76.9 x 101.9 cm (30 1/4 x 40 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection, 1930.2083

title:				My First View of the Congo Forest
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creation date:			1930
creation date earliest:		1930
creation date latest:		1930
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creditline:			Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection
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culture:	America, Ohio, Cleveland
technique:	oil on canvas
department:	American Painting and Sculpture
collection:	American - Cleveland School
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Paul B. Travis (American, 1891–1975)  - artist

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measurements: Unframed: 76.9 x 101.9 cm (30 1/4 x 40 1/8 in.)
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	inscription:	signed lower left:  Travis, 1930
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The May Show: 12th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen
	opening date:   1930-04-22T05:00:00
	<i>The May Show: 12th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 22-June 1, 1930).

	title:		Retrospective Twenty-fifth Anniversary May Show
	opening date:   1943-01-13T05:00:00
	<i>Retrospective Twenty-fifth Anniversary May Show</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 13-February 14, 1943).

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Paul B. Travis Entry Card to 1930 May Show. Cleveland Museum of Art May Show Records, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMS02070

	Agard, Walter R.. “Cleveland's Artistic Appreciation of Africa<em>.</em>”<em> The American Magazine of Art </em>23, no. 3 (September 1931): 203-209.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 209
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	Kraynak, Scott, Henry Adams, Douglas Max Utter, William G. Scheele, R. A. Washington, and Mike Hudson. <em>The Heart of Cleveland.</em> Shaker Hts, OH: Red Giant Books, 2018.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 26, fig. 21
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