"Painted prior to 1929. A painting of the 3 barns at the Keach farm in Buckland (where I painted so much for so many years). Done from the driveway as one approached the house. From one of my early Boston exhibitions bought by Mrs. W. Scott Fitz (daughter-in-law of Oliver Wendell Holmes) of 75 Beacon St., Boston (now deceased). A very decorative canvas. I don't know where it is now (1947)."
This painting went unidentified in our unnamed gallery for many years. The only image we have of it is the
black and white picture you see above. But the discovery of a photograph taken from the gallery of the 1929 Myles Standish Exhibition
helped us identify it [see the Additional Notes section below]
This picture to the right of New England in November.
best illustrates these "barns". From right to left, you have the main house, the first barn, second, and finally the third, although it is
apparent in both the painting above and to the right there are more than three barns on the property.
"....What a story of rural New England that picture The Three Barns tells. They are located beside a hill road, ramshackle but grayed and beautiful in color by time and nestling in the lush greens of mid-summer foliage. ...."