Drawing
- Title:
- WORK
- Object Name:
- Drawing
- Object ID:
- 2009.026.006
- Creator:
- Soule, George C. (1914-2008)
Artist - Date:
- circa 1935
- Description:
- Drawing, Work, by George C. Soule (1914-2008), c. 1935. Pencil and charcoal crayon on paper. Three men cutting tree; one with axe and two with a two-man saw. Titled "WORK" in banner at bottom. Probably a study for a CCC poster or mural. Unsigned. Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-10.9 W-8.2 inches
- Provenance:
- George C. Soule (1914-2008) of Manchester, NH, was an artist with the Civilian Conservation Corps in New Hampshire, 1935-1937. He was assigned to draw portraits of CCC workers and to document camp life. He studied art at Yale and became an architect in Manchester. He operated the firm of Soule & Associates from the 1950s through the 1980s. He designed schools, churches, houses, and a wide variety of commercial buildings in southern NH and southern New England. The collection was donated by the children of George Soule.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Patricia, Cynthia, and Peter Soule
- People:
- Soule, George C. (1914-2008)
- Subjects:
- Woodcutters, Tree stumps, Saws, Axes, Loggers, Logging, Crosscut saws, Sawing wood
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