Summer Afternoon

Details

Walter Elmer Schofield (1867-1944)
Summer Afternoon
signed 'Schofield' (lower left)
oil on canvas
36 x 40 in. (91.4 x 101.6 cm.)
Painted circa 1923.

Provenance

Grand Central Art Galleries, New York.
Private collection, Rockport, Maine.
Christie's, New York, 23 May 1990, lot 192, sold by the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

Exhibited

(Probably) Cininnati, Ohio, Cincinnati Art Museum, Annual Exhibition of American Art, 1923, no. 43.

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

The present work depicts Chebeague Island, Maine, located in Casco Bay near Portland. Walter Elmer Schofield rented a cottage on the island with his family at various times during his career and painted several similar views of the rugged coastline.

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