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    A Friendly Warning by Thomas Hicks
    Thomas Hicks. A Friendly Warning, 1881–90. The Art Institute of Chicago. Public domain (CC0).
    AT-00000856

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    A Friendly Warning

    by Thomas Hicks

    Provenance

    Robert M. Olyphant, in 1915.

    Inscriptions

    Signed, middle left: "T.Hicks. N.A."

    Exhibition history

    1915 Pan–Pacific Exposition, San Francisco Champaign, Illinois, Krannert Art Museum, 250 Years of American Art, Art Resources Traveler exhibition, May 1968–July 1969, cat. np.

    Quick Overview

    Artist
    Thomas Hicks / American, 1823–1890
    Date
    1881–90
    Medium
    Oil on canvas
    Dimensions
    62.9 × 81.9 cm (24 3/4 × 32 1/4 in.)
    Type
    Painting
    Classification
    painting
    Style
    Realism
    Place
    United States
    Department
    Arts of the Americas
    Credit line
    A. A. McKay Fund
    Accession no.
    1967.174

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