Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2011
The Year
Acquisitions
Art of the Americas: July 2009–June 2011
Every Atom Glows: Electrons in Luminous Vibration
1951
Norman Lewis
137.2 x 88.9 cm (54 x 35 in.)
Oil on canvas
Classification: Paintings
Accession number: 2011.1799
Provenance/Ownership History: The artist; to Tarin Fuller, his daughter; by 1994, with Kenkeleba House, Inc., New York; April 1994, sold by Kenkeleba House, Inc. to John Axelrod, Boston; 2011, sold by Axelrod to the MFA. (Accession date: June 22, 2011)
The John Axelrod Collection—Frank B. Bemis Fund, Charles H. Bayley Fund, and The Heritage Fund for a Diverse Collection