Painting

Title:

Eagle Square Entrance

Object Name:

Painting

Object ID:

1996.042

Creator:

Miller, Melissa A. (b. 1964)

Place of Origin:

Concord, NH

Date:

1996

Description:

Painting, landscape, Eagle Square Entrance, by Melissa Miller (b. 1964), 1996. Acrylic on cotton duck. A 1996 view of Eagle Square, Concord, NH, viewed east from North Main Street. North Main Street in foreground. Flag poles, street light, sidewalk posts in middle ground. Sculpted iron arch entrance to Eagle Square with tree (by Canaan, NH, sculptor, Dimitri Gerkadris, 1982) and red brick buildings adjacent to arch on North Main Street also in middle ground. Stone warehouse (6 Eagle Square, Museum of New Hampshire History sign is visible, but not legible). Trees in background. Signed on reverse, lower right, in black ink: "Eagle Square Entrance' / c Melissa A. Miller / 1996". Thin cherry frame.

Material:

Textile
Cotton

Dimensions:

H-25.75 W-35.75 inches

Provenance:

Painting in solo exhibition of Melissa Miller's work, "New Paintings," at McGowan Fine Art, Inc., Sept. 6 - Oct. 5, 1996, Concord, NH. Many of the paintings in this exhibition depict Concord, NH street scenes.

Dr. & Mrs. Robert O. Wilson -- Concord, NH. Purchased painting -- which depicts Museum of New Hampshire History -- for the Museum's collection.

Credit Line:

Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Robert O. Wilson

People:

Miller, Melissa A. (1964- )

Subjects:

Concord, NH, Eagle Square