"Painted about 1944-5. Several paintings similar to this I made in the studio the winter of 1944 '5. The description under Through October Hills (which see) applies to this picture too, although the composition is somewhat different with the stone wall in Through October Hills, for instance, much more prominent. Sold Dec. '53 to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Abbott of Braintree, Mass."
We had the owner of the third painting measure it confirming it is not the size (22" x 38") Woodward claimed is the size of the painting above. The size measured out to exactly what we expected, 22" x 36", or two inches less than Through October Hills. See the illustration below for additional information.
We have a theory
about the second painting Through October Hills, and as to why it is so different in size and perspective
than the painting above and even the first painting... it is the prospective customer from the Vose Gallery. We believe
the size, the closer perspective, the more prominent stonewall and even the change in the group of trees from the first
painting where specifications given by the client who in the end, still did not buy the painting!
With that being said, this would make the third painting of this page's subject Woodward's preferred perspective and
truer to his intent as to the aesthetic he initially selected in his first composition. It is almost as if he HAD to
make the painting above to "right" the previous painting.