RSW's Diary Comments

In the November Sun, Pastel

"Painted prior to 1930. All said about the picture in my diary (Across the Valley) applies exactly to this one also; in the same way it is the property of John W. Haigis. A painting of a silo with scaffolding over at the Kendrick farm and back road from Ashfield to Conway (Archibald MacLeish road). Also, made a chalk drawing of the same subject."

Comments on the back of a sepia print:

"Very dramatic coloring. Clear sky in background, ranging from lemon yellow at horizon, through yellow-green to clear bright blue. Foreground is yellow-rose (wet fallen leaves) with patches of melting snow. Distant hills are violet, barn and silo violet-gray, highlights of sun on staging and trees. Bare trees lovely in muted colors.."

This painting was also called In the November Sun in newspaper reproductions in 1927.

See Also The Unfinished Silo

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