Quick Reference

Time Period:
1941

Location:
Putney, VT

Medium:
Chalk Drawing

Type:
Landscape

Category:
Brooks, Ponds, Rivers
Landscapes & Views

Size:
All chalks are 22" x 29"

Exhibited:
Northfield Seminary, 1941

Purchased:
Unknown

Provenance:
NA

Noteworthy:

This chalk drawing is related to the oil painting The River Curve and in all likelihood made on site and the oil was made from the halk in the studio.

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RSW's Diary Comments

Diary Comments from The River Curve

"Painted in summer 1941. Painted in the studio from a chalk drawing of the same scene before the drawing went to Northfield Seminary as a gift from the class of 1891. The original drawing was made from the back yard (overlooking the Connecticut River) of Bertha Davenport's Red Farm House, on the Brattleboro-Bellows Falls Road above Putney, Vermont. Sold July, 1945, to a private owner."


Additional Notes

Clipping of the gift from the Class of 1891

This chalk drawing was given to the Northfield Seminary as a gift from the class of 1891. This chalk drawing hangs over the fireplace in the Headmaster's home at Northfield Mount Herman School.