N.C. Brainard Acquisition Fund and Seymour Museum Fund Income, 1973.25.23, Connecticut Museum o…

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Akay Farm With Dirigible

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

DescriptionGreen winding path leading to "Akay" homestead, as indicated by the white post box. To the left is a grey house with multiple windows, a vivid green roof with a dormer window, and a side entrance with small stone steps leading to a patch of green lawn with two lush trees. To the left is a similar-looking larger house with multiple windows, a vivid green roof, and a front door entrance. To the right of this house is a patch of dirt bordered by small stones and a line of grass. A tall, lush and fruitful tree rises on the right of the composition. Above the larger house is an oval grey dirigible.

Object number1973.25.23

MarkingsOn verso, stamped in black ink, "American Primitives / by Lou Frink / Windham, Conn. No. 87"InscribedOn verso, upper left, in pencil, "Akay Farm With Dirigible"

Center, in pencil, accession number

[pencil written notes are NOT Lou's]

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