Lot Essay
The present work includes the artist's original frame, made by M. Grieve Co.
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PROPERTY OF A WEST COAST INSTITUTION, SOLD TO BENEFIT ITS ART ACQUISITION FUNDS
WALTER ELMER SCHOFIELD (1867-1944)
The Birches (The Ravine)
Details
WALTER ELMER SCHOFIELD (1867-1944)
The Birches (The Ravine)
signed and dated 'Schofield/'22' (lower right)—signed again 'W. Elmer Schofield' and inscribed with title 'The Ravine' (on a label affixed to the reverse)
oil on canvas
50 x 60 in. (127 x 152.4 cm.)
Painted in 1922.
The Birches (The Ravine)
signed and dated 'Schofield/'22' (lower right)—signed again 'W. Elmer Schofield' and inscribed with title 'The Ravine' (on a label affixed to the reverse)
oil on canvas
50 x 60 in. (127 x 152.4 cm.)
Painted in 1922.
Provenance
The artist.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Exhibited
New York, National Academy of Design, 97th Annual Exhibition, March 25-April 23, 1922, no. 225 (as The Ravine).
Buffalo, New York, Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Seventeenth Annual Exhibition of Selected Paintings and Small Bronzes by American Artists, April 8-June 18, 1923, no. 159 (as The Ravine).
San Francisco, California, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, First Exhibition of Selected Paintings by American Artists, November 15, 1926-January 30, 1927.
Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, Brandywine River Museum, Walter Elmer Schofield: Bold Impressionist, September 10-November 20, 1983, p. 35, no. 3 (as The Birches).
Buffalo, New York, Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Seventeenth Annual Exhibition of Selected Paintings and Small Bronzes by American Artists, April 8-June 18, 1923, no. 159 (as The Ravine).
San Francisco, California, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, First Exhibition of Selected Paintings by American Artists, November 15, 1926-January 30, 1927.
Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, Brandywine River Museum, Walter Elmer Schofield: Bold Impressionist, September 10-November 20, 1983, p. 35, no. 3 (as The Birches).
Further details
We are very grateful to Dr. James D. W. Church for his assistance in cataloguing this lot. The present work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist's work being compiled by Dr. James D. W. Church, in collaboration with the Woodmere Art Museum. Dr. Church would like to hear from owners of any works by Walter Elmer Schofield so that they may be included in this comprehensive catalogue.
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