Quick Reference

Time Period:
1941

Location:
Burnt Pasture
Heath, MA

Medium:
Chalk Drawing

Type:
Landscape

Category:
Beech Tree

Size:
22 x 29

Exhibited:
Amherst Coll. Jones Library, 1934

Purchased:
Unknown

Provenance:
NA

Noteworthy:

Of all the schools in the area that hosted exhibits of Woodward's work none come close to Amherst College where he held 14 shows over a 16 year period of time. Second is Mount Holyoke College who hosted Woodward 8 times total.

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RSW's Diary Comments

None.


Additional Notes

Previously unknown, this piece was discovered (Sept. 2015) when it came up for auction at Douglas Auctioneers in Deerfield, MA. It sold for $5,750.00, the largest known price paid for a chalk drawing.


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Close up of RSW signature