The Heavens Declare the Glory of God (Rest; Night)
Howard Giles, American, 1876 - 1955
1929
Oil on canvas
Overall: 35 7/8 × 36 1/8 in. (91.1 × 91.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Evelyn Carter Giles
P.959.70.13
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Painting
Research Area
Painting
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, dated and inscribed on reverse: Rest / Comptd '29 / H. Giles. Inscribed on stretcher: Rest. Dated and Inscribed, by artist, on label on reverse: '29 The Heavens Picture etc. / Night / Rests. Label on reverse from Grand Central Galleries N. Y.; 1930, #4729
Provenance
Evelyn Carter (Mrs. Howard) Giles (1881-1965), South Woodstock, Vermont; given to present collection, 1959.
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