N.C. Brainard Acquisition Fund and Seymour Museum Fund Income, 1973.25.47, Connecticut Museum o…

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Red Covered Bridge

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)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineN.C. Brainard Acquisition Fund and Seymour Museum Fund Income

DescriptionAerial view of a very long red covered bridge with window-like openings along the facades and three large supporting stone piers. The bridge is above a stream and surrounded by a green rural landscape and a few houses in the background.

Object number1973.25.47

MarkingsOn verso, stamped in black ink, "[cut]/ by Lou Frink / Windham, Conn. No. 47"; plus a piece of photograph on the rightInscribedOn verso, lower right, in pencil, "Untitled "Red Covered Bridge""

Lower right, in pencil, accession number

[pencil written notes are NOT Lou's]NotesThe piece of black and white photograph stuck on verso may or may not be related to that collection. The fact that the women are holding a fish they caught relates to Lou's life, since we know he would often go fishing wih friends and entourarge, males and females.

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