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Rufus Rood Blacksmith Shop

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

DescriptionRed house with large wooden entrance doors, dark roof, a thick stone chimney, and a small wooden shed on the side. The house is surrounded by stone borders amidst the green grass. A metal wheel sits on the foreground.

Object number1973.25.86

MarkingsOn verso, stamped in black ink, "American Primitives / by Lou Frink / Windham, Conn. No. 86"InscribedOn verso, upper left, in pencil, "Untitled "Rufus Rood Blacksmith Shop"

Lower left, in pencil, accession number

[pencil written notes are NOT Lou's]NotesThe blacksmith shop and/or Rufus Rood the blacksmith, are depicted in several other Frink drawings such as 1973.25.19; 1973.25.40; 1973.25.41; 1973.25.42; 1973.25.64; 1973.25.86.

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