RSW's Diary Comments

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Boston Globe, Dec. 23, 1926 by A. J. Philpott

There are at least two confirmed paintings named Evening Stream and possibly a third. The two confirmed paintings are very different in subject and size. This painting is a W30" by H25" painting of what is believed to be the Deerfield River at dusk time. The other is a Quntiessential Redgate painting made behind RSW's first studio and is a W36" x H20". (see below) It is near impossible to tell which painting was made first because both were painted in Woodward's early style. Nor can we tell you which painting exhibited where because a number of the exhibits do not list the size of the painting. A frustrating predicament.

This painting is privitely owned and we are very grateful to the owners for providing us the pictures.

Below: Are pictures from the back of the stretcher. The painting has since been reframed and backed with foam board for added protection. However, the two pictures are of areas cut out to reveal it's name and seller.

The label of the stretcher-maker

Title from back of stretcher

Evening Stream #2

The worse part of this scenario is that both paintings were in all likelihood made prior to 1923 but there is no record of ever being exhibited until the late 1920s. One of these paintings held a particular importance to Woodward and our guess would be this Deerfield River painting for two reason: (1) the stream behind the Redgate studio has so many similar versions that it is over-saturated. (2) the exhibits the painting was shown. Woodward lending out a painting to hang at the Deerfield Inn for a number of years, plus sent to Woodward's close friend Harold Grieve in Los Angeles, and to have hung at the Myles Standish Gallery, Dining Room, AND Hotel, especially the grand farewell exhibit of 1944 to close down the hotel all suggest its importance which means it had to have some distinction.