Painting
- Title:
- Untitled
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1994.008.04
- Creator:
- Sturm, Marjorie Prescott Rowell (1892-1960)
- Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1937
- Description:
- Painting, untitled, by Marjorie Prescott Rowell Sturm (1892-1960), 1937. Watercolor on paper. Igloo at center with stovepipe. Two children; one looks out from igloo opening; the other, left foreground, kneels with back toward viewer looking up at Santa Clause in sky. Santa on sled with reindeer flying above in starlit sky with full moon. Yellow dog peeks out from behind igloo on left and socks (stockings) on clothesline at right. Signed "ROWELL", lower right. Pencil notes in upper margin: "Heading Stamped in Red & Black / Double Print - Yellow", and on reverse. "7082 / Process." Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-18.625 W-15 inches
- Provenance:
- Minot Hill is treasurer of the Pierce Brigade. The Pierce Brigade offered the Marjorie Sturm collection for sale to NHHS, September, 1993.
Marjorie Prescott Rowell Sturm (1892 - 1960), lifelong resident of Concord, NH, was a painter and commercial illustrator. Accomplishments include greeting card designs for Hallmark, numerous maps and brochures, a painting of John Farmer (1945.008), magazine covers, as well as book illustration ("Needle in Hand", Martha Stearns, 1950). - Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- Subjects:
- Christmas, Igloo, Reindeer, Santa Claus
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