Quick Reference
Time Period:
1941
1941
Location:
Burnt Pasture
Heath, MA
Burnt Pasture
Heath, MA
Medium:
Chalk Drawing
Chalk Drawing
Type:
Landscape
Landscape
Category:
Beech Tree
Beech Tree
Size:
22 x 29
22 x 29
Exhibited:
Amherst Coll. Jones Library, 1934
Amherst Coll. Jones Library, 1934
Purchased:
Unknown
Unknown
Provenance:
NA
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.
Featured Artwork: Pasture Ferns
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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