N.C. Brainard Acquisition Fund and Seymour Museum Fund Income, 1973.25.83, Connecticut Museum o…

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Red Gambrel Roof House & Road to Sky

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

DescriptionLarge red house with dark gambrel roof and two red chimneys, including one made of bricks, on the roof extremities. The front facade shows an entrance door with small stone steps. To the right of the house is a tall deciduous tree and a large broken tree trunk. The house stands among the wide green landscape with stone border lines. On the left side is an abstract upward green path.
On verso is a patch of green paint.

Object number1973.25.83

MarkingsOn verso, stamped in black ink, "American Primitives / by Lou Frink / Windham, Conn. No. 83"

InscribedOn verso, lower center, in pencil, "Untitled "Red Gambrel Roof House and Road to Sky" / Possibly the old Elderkin House"

Lower right, in pencil, accession numberNotesA very similar red house with gambrel roof appears in another Lou Frink drawing (1973.25.22)

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