⮟This painting is not mentioned in the painting diary.

Diary comments from October's Flame:

"Painted in fall of 1932. A large painting (with a few grazing sheep in it) made from the same place, Gilbert Griswold's Orcutt Hill Pasture as the Autumn Flame of Mrs. Winfred Rhoades (Edith Storer). Bought by Mr. and Mrs. Clifford R. Richmond, the summer of my fire, of 37 Park Street, Easthampton, Mass."

Diary comments from Autumn Flame:

"Painted prior to 1934. Big old maple back of Mrs. Griswold's which I've painted many times. (At Peace, Winter Peace, October's Flame etc.) Bought by Miss Edith Storer of Waltham, now Mrs. Rhoades of 'Lane's End' Sudbury, Mass. (1942 Miss Storer, at same address is now Mrs. Winfred Rhoades.)"

Editor's Note:

Woodward could not make this more confusing if he tried. Not only does the two diary entries above sound like he is talking about this painting, but this painting was made at the same time as the other two, except in the middle, and perhaps this is why it got overlooked despite having the canvas for five years between exhibits.

More Below ⮟

⮜ For some perspective, the maple tree seen in the painting to the left, At Peace, is the red and yellow burning tree in the center of the painting above, October Flame. Only the perspectives are different. In the painting above, the artist is behind and above the tree seen in At Peace as the slope rising in the right side of the canvas. Woodward is up there somewhere looking down the hill.

As far as we can tell, October Flame and Autumn Flame are likely the most similar. The biggest difference from these two and October's Flame are the sheep that appear in the scene. Still all three paintings where most likely made from roughly the same perspective. Per Woodward's usual, while all the subjects are the same, each painting is a different size. The painting above is the squarish version at 27" x 30", Autumn Flame is more rectangular at 25" x 30", and October's Flame is rectangular and the largest as 30" x 36". It is those slight differences that seemed to make it okay for him to have more than one canvas of the same scene. We have numerous examples of this practice.