Drawing
- Title:
- D[?] Beach Project
- Object Name:
- Drawing
- Object ID:
- 2009.026.008 a
- Creator:
- Soule, George C. (1914-2008)
Artist - Date:
- circa 1935
- Description:
- Drawing, D[?] Beach Project, by George C. Soule (1914-2008), c. 1935. Pastel crayon and ink on paper. People swimming at lake beach. Two men working in right foreground and three men working in left background. Signed "Soule" in pencil, lower right. Inscribed " D[?] Beach Project" in pencil, lower right.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-11 W-8.5 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:
- Beaches, Lifeguards, Swimmers, Swimmers, Lakes & ponds
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