Summer Night (No. 2)

The present work was painted in the summer of 1914 in Hadlyme, Connecticut and depicts a neighbor's home known as the Selden House. From this same summer, Metcalf executed The Old Homestead, another nocturne scene depicting the Selden House that now resides in the St. Louis Art Museum. According to Elizabeth de Veer, Metcalf completed one pastel and three paintings of this house, beginning with the 1906 work, Late Moon.

This painting will be included in the forthcoming Willard L. Metcalf catalogue raisonné authored by Dr. Bruce Chambers, Ira Spanierman, Dr. William H. Gerdts and Elizabeth de Veer.