Painting

Title:

Boott Spur I

Object Name:

Painting

Object ID:

1995.084

Creator:

Folts, Blair A.Artist

Place of Origin:

Effingham, NH

Date:

1992

Description:

Landscape painting, "Boott Spur I", by Blair A. Folts, 1992. Oil over charcoal, acrylic, and tempera on canvas. View of Boott Spur (in White Mountains) from Lion's Head, late Spring. Point of view is from rock top of Lion Head (large rocks above tree line, lower right of canvas), looking south over Tuckerman Ravine Left Gully, to summit of Boott Spur (two peaks). Rock cairns go northwest from Boott Spur toward Mt. Washington (off right side of canvas). Colors include: gray rocks with red and yellow highlights in gully, white snow, green trees, blue sky. Signed in charcoal on reverse of canvas at lower left: "Folts '92 / Boot Spur I (From / Lion's Head)". Birch-colored wood box frame.

Material:

Textile
Canvas

Dimensions:

H-42 L-50 D-1.625 inches

Provenance:

Purchased from artist, Blair A. Folts -- Effingham, NH (ed. U of Maine 1981, School of the Mus. of Fine Arts - Boston 1985). Landscape and abstract artist in various media, best known for monotypes and oils, but also including pastels, etchings, and stone lithographs. Known for mountain scenes inspired by New Hampshire's White Mountains.

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase

People:

Folts, Blair A.

Subjects:

Boott Spur, Lion Head, Tuckerman Ravine, White Mountains, Mount Washington