Painting
- Title:
- Plowing
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1996.016
- Creator:
- Burwash, Nathaniel C. (1906-2000)
Artist - Place of Origin:
- Washington, NH
- Date:
- 1937
- Description:
- Painting, genre, Plowing, by Nathaniel C. Burwash (1906-2000), 1937. Watercolor on paper. Depicts two horses pulling plow (brown horse at center, white horse to viewer's right). Horses stepping over a mound of brown earth. Figure visible just behind the horses. Colors include brown, blue, black, green, yellow. Signed at lower left in red, "BURWASH / -37-". Typed label attached to back of painting: "FEDERAL WORKS AGENCY / WORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION / WPA ART PROGRAM N.H. ART PROJECT / IDENTIFICATION CARD / ARTIST Burwash, Nathaniel / STATE New Hampshire / TITLE OF WORK Plowing / ALLOCATED LOAN TO N.H. State Hospital / DATE June 30, 1942 / The above-named agency assumes custody of this work subject to regulations / of the WPA Art Program and agrees not to remove this identification." Natural maple frame, matted, glazing.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-11.25 W-14.25 inches
- Provenance:
- First purchased by the WPA Federal Art Program in 1942. Label on reverse identifies artist, title, date and allocation: NH State Hospital. Donor worked at this hospital from around 1936 to 1973, when she retired.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Mary Eileen Dixey
- Subjects:
- Horse, Plowing, Washington, NH
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