Featured Artwork: Unnamed: 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.

It appears to be painted from an old "wood 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 impasto style and use more finely blended strokes.

Close up the signature