Drawing
- Title:
- Tuffy / N.Y. Skyline
- Object Name:
- Drawing
- Object ID:
- 2009.026.023 b
- Creator:
- Soule, George C. (1914-2008)
Artist - Date:
- 1936
- Description:
- Drawing of Tuffy and N.Y. Skyline, by George C. Soule (1914-2008), 1936. Pencil on paper. 11 sketches of misc. subjects. Sketches include a cat, "Tuffy / March 1, 1936"; a landscape, "comp. for oil"; a cityscape, "N.Y. Skyline"; and several studies of men. Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-11.05 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:
- Cats, New Jersey, New York, City views, Cityscape drawings, Cityscapes
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