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This painting is of the Hoosac Mountain area, above the tunnel, looking slightly northeast towards the lower
reservoir where the Deerfield River cuts hard to the west. The Hoosac Range is a mountain range that forms part of the Berkshires of western Massachusetts and
the southern Green Mountains of Vermont, which are part of the greater Appalachian Mountain chain. This portion of the range is located in Florida, MA just east of
North Adams where the Deerfield River cuts a winding, zig-zag-like path.
If you look closely in the far distance of Vermont, we believe you can see the
peaks of Houghton Mountain on the left and Mount Snow on the right.
In 1932, Woodward painted two paintings from this area: (1) in late spring
The Mountain Shoulder high on a ridge looking south along the Deerfield River past this formation.
and the other (2) in early summer, June Hills from below, near the river, facing the opening of the Hoosac
Tunnel (cut to provide train access to North Adams). This painting preceded those...[SEE BELOW]
"Winter Heights, a large picture handled in a large way, was painted at the top of the Mohawk Trail late last winter and records a glimpse of the Deerfield River in the valley, as it nears the Hoosac Tunnel; a composition suggesting the snow-clad steppes of Russia in its bleakness, with a flat decorative cold blue sky."