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Frank Weston Benson

The Open Window

1917

Dating
Exact year
Held at
National Gallery of Art
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 132.4 × 107.16 cm (52 1/8 × 42 3/16 in.) framed: 150.81 × 125.73 × 6.67 cm (59 3/8 × 49 1/2 × 2 5/8 in.)
Collection no.
2015.19.11
Attribution
By the artist

Collection: National Gallery of Art

About this artwork

The Open Window — Frank Weston Benson. 1917.

Medium: oil on canvas.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 132.4 × 107.16 cm (52 1/8 × 42 3/16 in.) framed: 150.81 × 125.73 × 6.67 cm (59 3/8 × 49 1/2 × 2 5/8 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2015.19.11. Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1919).

Museum holding does not establish current display.

Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.

Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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