Featured Artwork: Unnamed #03, The Modest Church

The image above was cropped to
better fill the space. This is the full image.

As unfinished, Woodward would not have written or commented in his artwork diary. All the works of art were framed for their preservation in 2017.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

This drawing may have been part of the New England church series Woodward was commissioned by businessman and philanthropist Francis P. Garvan putting it around the mid-to-late 1930's.

This drawing appears to be nearly identical to the finished unnamed and unsigned oil painting, Unnamed #12. This is now known to be the Congregational Church of Plainfield Hill. For more on this church and its unnamed, unsigned oil painting CLICK HERE to view Unnamed #12.

This incomplete artwork was found in a forgotten shipping crate stored in an attic, as seen below, along with twenty other pieces. The crate is in excellent condition and is a wonderful example of how RSW shipped his paintings about the country to exhibit in various shows.

The crate as it was discovered.

A close up of the "WITH CARE" label

A picture of the top, with the address label

A look inside the crate, lined with newspaper

A closer look at the wood and nails

A picture of the newspaper lining