Drawing
- Title:
- Dancing Class
- Object Name:
- Drawing
- Object ID:
- 2009.026.027 a
- Creator:
- Soule, George C. (1914-2008)
Artist - Date:
- 1936
- Description:
- Drawing, Dancing Class, by George C. Soule (1914-2008), 1936. Pencil on paper. Eight sketches of CCC workers. Sketch at top right depicts two seated men, identified as "Dancing / Class / Mar 23, 1936". At center is small sketch of two men dancing together. Five studies of men's heads. Outdoor scene at bottom, depicting people in woods and buildings in distance. Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-11.1 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 in the 118th Company, CCC, East Jaffrey, NH. 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)
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