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Saugatuck River, Westport

DraftsmanDrawn by John Steuart Curry (American, 1897 - 1946)

Date1929

MediumDrawing; charcoal on wove paper in mat in frame

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image hieght x width ): 14 1/2 x 20in. (36.8 x 50.8cm) Sheet (height x width ): 16 1/4 x 21in. (41.3 x 53.3cm) Frame (width x height x depth ): 27 1/4 x 21 1/2 x 1in. (69.2 x 54.6 x 2.5cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund

Object number2002.58.0

DescriptionThe steeples of two churches and the cupola of another large building are visible through trees on the far bank of the Saugatuck River. Rowboats and a small duck are in the river. Boathouses are along the shore. Weeds and grasses are in the foreground.

Label TextThis lovely landscape of the Saugatuck River in Westport is a work by John Steuart Curry, an artist better known for his prints and paintings of the mid-West. Many of these mid-Western subjects were actually executed in the 1920s and 1930s, while Curry was living in Westport. Curry was a member of the Westport artists' colony, a group which also included authors F. Scott Fitzgerald and Van Wyck Brooks, artists Arthur Dove and Everett Shinn, and dancers Ruth St. Denis, Ted Shawn, and George Balanchine.

NotesArtist Note: John Steuart Curry was a key member of the Westport artists' colony, which also included Van Wyck Brooks, Arthur Dove, Everett Shinn, Ruth St. Denis, Ted Shawn, and George Balanchine. Curry moved to Westport in 1924 from Greenwich Village and remained there until 1936 when he became artist-in-residence at the University of Wisconsin. During his years in Connecticut, Curry developed his regionalist style and executed many of his most important prints and paintings of Kansas.

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