Featured Artwork: Into the Woods

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Close up of the birches

This painting came up at auction through Nye & Co. of Bloomfield, NJ in 2018 and sold for $7,500. The auction house did not give a name for the painting other than a description, "Birch Trees," and so for the time being this painting remains unnamed. [has since been named, see addendum below]

It appears to be painted from an old "logging road" used to provide access to wooded areas being cleared. What is not clear is whether or not it is the road located along his Hiram Farm and studio or another. However, you can see RSW's sled tracks in the snow suggesting it may be.

We believe this was painted during his years at Hiram (1923 - 1934) and when examining the brush style... it is most likely after 1928 when RSW began to move away from his use of the heavy impasti style and use more finely blended strokes.

Close up the signature

ADDENDUM: 20 July, 2019

This painting was previously unnamed. It is not necessarily uncommon for paintings sold directly from Woodward's studio to not be named (in this case we believe it was Hiram). All paintings that were exhibited in shows were named (often on the rear of the stretcher. However, there is a tradition by Woodward to allow buyers to name their own paintings. In the spirit, we have extended this to people in possession of unnamed paintings - so long as it does not conflict with another already named painting. The owners of this painting are the first to take advantage of our offer.