Off Main Street, Hartford
PainterPainted by
Edmund S. Valtman
American, 1914 - 2005
Datebefore 1955
MediumOil on cardboard in wood frame
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (board height x width): 30 1/8 x 20 7/8in. (76.5 x 53cm)
Frame (height x width x depth): 35 x 26 1/8 x 1 7/8in. (88.9 x 66.4 x 4.8cm)
Frame (height x width x depth): 35 x 26 1/8 x 1 7/8in. (88.9 x 66.4 x 4.8cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of Edmund S. Valtman
DescriptionA chain link fence and a street light are in the foreground. A fire escape is in the center of the composition, in back of a tall narrow building, probably a commercial building, possibly with apartments on the upper stories. A striped barber pole indicating the presence of a barber shop is in the alley or narrow street at the right. The building in the background is presumably on Main Sreet.
Object number1995.89.1
MarkingsOn back of frame, on label attached with thumbtacks, printed in black ink, "Tack Here - Tack Here / Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts / Forty-fifth Annual Exhibition - 1955 / March 12 thru April 3 / Title Off Main Street / Artist Edmund Valtman / Number of entries 2 / Price $150.-- / Return Address 22 Evergreen Ave. / Hartford, Conn."; on separate tab, below, printed in black ink, "Title Off Main Street / Artist Edmund Valtman / Price $150.-- / Cat. No."NotesDate Note: The painting was included in an exhibition of the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts in March 1955. It was probably executed slightly earlier than that date. (Finlay 1/14/2014)On View
Not on view
