Brown House with Red Barn
PainterPainted by
Louis Grosvernor Frink
American, 1869 - 1956
MediumDrawing; pencil, watercolor, and gouache on brown paper on cardboard
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 15 3/4 x 20in. (40 x 50.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 15 3/4 x 20in. (40 x 50.8cm)
Mount (height x width): 15 3/4 x 20in. (40 x 50.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 15 3/4 x 20in. (40 x 50.8cm)
Mount (height x width): 15 3/4 x 20in. (40 x 50.8cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineN.C. Brainard Acquisition Fund and Seymour Museum Fund Income
DescriptionThe drawing depicts a large, dark wooden house or barn with multiple windows and a chimney, enclosed by a stone wall and a white picket fence. Two pathways extend from the barn and its entrance toward a small red house nearby.
On the reverse, Lou Frink illustrates a large red house with a gambrel roof, accompanied by three small white houses situated behind it.
The shared color palette of the surrounding grass and the arrangement of the buildings suggest that both scenes from the recto and verso portray different properties on the same land.
On the reverse, Lou Frink illustrates a large red house with a gambrel roof, accompanied by three small white houses situated behind it.
The shared color palette of the surrounding grass and the arrangement of the buildings suggest that both scenes from the recto and verso portray different properties on the same land.
Object number1973.25.22
MarkingsOn verso, stamped in black ink, "American Primitives / by Lou Frink / Windham, Conn. No. 22"InscribedOn verso, center, in pencil, accession numberNotesA very similar red house with gambrel roof appears in another Lou Frink drawing (1973.25.83)On View
Not on view
ca. 1950
