Margaret Hoening French, The Moon by Day, 1939. Tempera on canvas mounted on board, overall: 21 9/16 × 32 3/16 in. (54.8 × 81.8 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Jack Shear 2025.243
Exhibitions
Installation photography
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Installation view of “Untitled” (America) (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, July 5, 2025-). From left to right: George Bellows, Dempsey and Firpo, 1924; George Tooker, The Subway, 1950; Margaret French, The Moon by Day, 1939; PaJaMa, Margaret French, George Tooker and Jared French, Nantucket, c. 1946; PaJaMa, Margaret French, Paul Cadmus and José Martinez, Fire Island, 1939; PaJaMa, Chuck Howard and Ted Starkowski, 1953; Barkley L. Hendricks, Steve, 1976; Kay WalkingStick, April Contemplating May, 1972; Jasper Johns, Three Flags, 1958; Georgia O’Keeffe, Summer Days, 1936; Alma Thomas, Mars Dust, 1972; Robert Henri, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, 1916. Photograph by Ron Amstutz
From the exhibition “Untitled” (America)
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Installation view of The Whitney’s Collection: Selections from 1900 to 1965 (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, June 28, 2019- May, 2022). From left to right: Jared French, The Rope, 1954; Jared French, Study for Murder, 1942; Jared French, Untitled, c. 1940-1950; Paul Cadmus, Two Boys on a Beach, 1938; Jared French, Study for The Double, c. 1950-1962; Margaret French, The Moon by Day, 1939; PaJaMa, Margaret French, George Tooker and Jared French, Nantucket, c. 1946; Jared French, Untitled, c. 1946; PaJaMa, Jared French and Margaret French, Nantucket, 1946; Paul Cadmus, José Martinez, 1937; Jared French, Untitled, c. 1949; PaJaMa, Glenway Wescott, Fire Island, c. 1940. Photograph by Ron Amstutz
From the exhibition The Whitney’s Collection: Selections from 1900 to 1965