id:			145298
accession number:	1970.54
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1970.54
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:27.140000

Winged Fortune, 1878. William Morris Hunt (American, 1824–1879). Oil on canvas; unframed: 252 x 159.5 cm (99 3/16 x 62 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1970.54

title:				Winged Fortune
title in original language:	
series:				
series in original language:	
creation date:			1878
creation date earliest:		1878
creation date latest:		1878
current location:		
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
copyright:			

---

culture:	America, 19th century
technique:	oil on canvas
department:	American Painting and Sculpture
collection:	American - Painting
type:		Painting
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: 

---

CREATORS

* William Morris Hunt (American, 1824–1879)  - artist

---

measurements: Unframed: 252 x 159.5 cm (99 3/16 x 62 13/16 in.)
state of the work:	
edition of the work: 	

support materials:


inscriptions:

---

CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1970
	opening date:   1971-02-10T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1970</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-March 7, 1971).

	title:		The American Renaissance 1876 - 1917
	opening date:   1979-10-13T04:00:00
	<i>The American Renaissance 1876 - 1917</i>. The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY (organizer) (October 13-December 30, 1979); National Collection of Fine Arts, Washington, DC (February 22-April 20, 1980); The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (May 31-August 10, 1980); Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO (September 24-November 30, 1980).

	title:		Cleveland Collects American Art of the Gilded Age
	opening date:   2003-02-23T00:00:00
	<i>Cleveland Collects American Art of the Gilded Age</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 23-May 18, 2003).

---

LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Sarasota Springs, New York, Hathorn Gallery, Skidmore College, American Allegorical Paintings, Drawings, and Prints, (18 April to 5 May 1968); Winged Fortune is cat. no. 12.', 'opening_date': '1968-04-18T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Brooklyn, New York, The Brooklyn Museum, The American Renaissance 1876-1917, (13 October- 20 December 1979), cat. no. 211; traveled to Washington D. C., National Collection of Fine Arts, (22 February- 20 April 1980); San Francisco, M. H. de Young Memorial Museum (31 May - 10 August 1980); Denver, The Denver Art Museum, (24 September-20 November 1980).', 'opening_date': '1979-10-13T00:00:00'}

---

PROVENANCE

	William Morris Hunt (artist's grandson), Boston; Vose Galleries, 238 Newbury Street Boston, MA; sold to CMA 10 September 1970.
	date: 
	footnotes: 	
	citations: 	


---

fun fact:


digital description:


wall description:

---

RELATED WORKS

---

CITATIONS

---

IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1970.54/1970.54_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1970.54/1970.54_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1970.54/1970.54_full.tif