Robert Strong Woodward (American, 1885-1957). New England, 1940. Oil on canvas. 20 x 40 inches (50.8 x 101.6 cm). Signed...

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Robert Strong Woodward (American, 1885-1957)
New England, 1940
Oil on canvas
20 x 40 inches (50.8 x 101.6 cm)
Signed lower left: Robert Strong Woodward

PROVENANCE:
The artist;
Mrs. Ada S. Moore, Prides Crossing, Massachusetts;
Doyle, New York, May 4, 2022, lot 1079;
Acquired by the present owner from the above.


From the artist's diary notes about the painting New England:
"Painted in winter of 1940. A composite picture I made up in the studio of a typical New England village street, from Buckland church canvas, church and house of Marlboro church canvas, overhanging branches of Halifax elm. Made for Grand Central Art Gallery patron and sent down there but they didn't buy it. Exhibited at Easthampton and Northfield and then sent in June, 1941, down to Rockmarge, Prides Crossing among many others for Mrs. Moore's inspection. She chose New England and it hangs in her beautiful house, Rockmarge, at Prides Crossing." (https://robertstrongwoodward.com/Scrapbook/MarlboroChurch.html)


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