Artwork Details
37 x 47-1/2 in. 48 x 58-1/4 x 3-1/4 in. (framed/not glazed)
Mark DescriptionSigned, in blue paint, lower right: Schofield
Accession NumberJulius F. Pratt Fund
CopyrightAmerican Painting and Sculpture 1800-1945
Color PaletteProvenance
Provenance
Purchased directly from the artist for the John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, Indiana, now the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, in 1909. {1} {1} The painting was included in the 24th Annual Exhibition held from 6 December 1908 to 4 January 1909, as no. 60, and purchased out of this exhibition; see exhibition catalogue and Art Association of Indianapolis, Announcement for February, 1909, n.p. Its acquisition was likely determined by a voting contest for which ballots were issued to the visiting public; see Art Association of Indianapolis, Announcement for December 1908, n. p.
Exhibition History
Exhibition History
Exhibition Name
Venue
Dates
W. Elmer Schofield and the Landscape Ideal
Woodmere Art Museum
September 18, 2014 - January 25, 2015
Walter Schofield Exhibit
Brandywine River Museum
September 9, 1983 - November 20, 1983
Indefinite Loan
Indianapolis Public Schools
March 9, 1955 - June 10, 1966
American Painting in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
South Bend Regional Museum of Art
February 10, 1948 - March 31, 1948
Exhibition
Toledo Museum of Art
1912 - 1912
23rd Annual Exhibition of American Oil Paintings
Art Institute of Chicago
October 18, 1910 - November 27, 1910
Exhibition
Cincinnati Art Museum
1910 - 1910
24th Annual Exhibition of the Art Association of Indianapolis
John Herron Art Institute and Museum
December 6, 1908 - January 4, 1909
One Hundred and Third Annual Exhibition
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
January 20, 1908 - February 29, 1908
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