Between Classes
Paul Sample, American, 1896 - 19741938
Watercolor on wove [Arches] paper
Sheet: 15 1/8 × 22 3/4 in. (38.4 × 57.8 cm)
Frame: 21 1/8 × 28 in. (53.6 × 71.1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Gift of Frederick B. Whittemore, Class of 1953, Tuck 1954
2012.22
Geography/Culture
North America, United States
Period
20th century
Object Name
Watercolor
Classification
Watercolor
Not on view
Inscription
Signed and dated, lower right: PAUL SAMPLE 38; titled, in graphite, on trimmed fragment of original matboard now affixed to backing paper: Between Classes
Course History
ITAL 1, Introductory Italian I, Scott Millspaugh, Spring 2014
WRIT 5, Expository Writing, William Craig, Winter 2014
WRIT 5, Nature & Imagination: The Meanings of Place, William Nichols, Winter 2013
Exhibition History
In Residence: Contemporary Art at Dartmouth, Friends and Owen Robertson Cheatham Galleries, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 18-July 6, 2014.
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York. International Watercolor Exhibition, Tenth Biennial. March 18 through April 30, 1939, no. 119.
Publication History
Michael R. Taylor and Gerald Auten, In Residence: Contemporary Artists at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2013, ill. p. 32 , no. 14
Brooklyn Museum, International Watercolor Exhibition, Tenth Biennial. Brooklyn: Brooklyn Museum, 1939. (unpaginated; listed as no. 119)
Published References
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College. Paul Sample: Painter of the American Scene. Hanover, N.H.: 1988, p. 17 (entry for 1939).
Provenance
William A. Smith Auction Gallery, Plainfield, New Hampshire, Sunday Auction of Dartmouth Memorabilia, Ephemera, Books, Stamps, Coins, Collectibles and Antiques, October 21, 2007, lot 30; sold to Frederick B. Whittemore; given to present collection, 2012.
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