Artwork Details
Artist
Creation Date
Materials
Object Types
Dimensions
37 x 47-1/2 in. 48 x 58-1/4 x 3-1/4 in. (framed/not glazed)
Mark Description
Signed, in blue paint, lower right: Schofield
Accession Number
Credit Line
Julius F. Pratt Fund
Copyright
Collection
American Painting and Sculpture 1800-1945
Color Palette
Provenance
Purchased directly from the artist for the John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, Indiana, now the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, in 1909. {1} {1} The painting was included in the 24th Annual Exhibition held from 6 December 1908 to 4 January 1909, as no. 60, and purchased out of this exhibition; see exhibition catalogue and Art Association of Indianapolis, Announcement for February, 1909, n.p. Its acquisition was likely determined by a voting contest for which ballots were issued to the visiting public; see Art Association of Indianapolis, Announcement for December 1908, n. p.
Exhibition History
Exhibition Name
Venue
Dates
W. Elmer Schofield and the Landscape Ideal
Woodmere Art Museum
September 18, 2014 - January 25, 2015
Walter Schofield Exhibit
Brandywine River Museum
September 9, 1983 - November 20, 1983
Indefinite Loan
Indianapolis Public Schools
March 9, 1955 - June 10, 1966
American Painting in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
South Bend Regional Museum of Art
February 10, 1948 - March 31, 1948
Exhibition
Toledo Museum of Art
1912 - 1912
23rd Annual Exhibition of American Oil Paintings
Art Institute of Chicago
October 18, 1910 - November 27, 1910
Exhibition
Cincinnati Art Museum
1910 - 1910
John Herron Art Institute and Museum
December 6, 1908 - January 4, 1909
One Hundred and Third Annual Exhibition
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
January 20, 1908 - February 29, 1908
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