Study for Sign for the Hanover Inn

Walter Beach Humphrey, American, 1892 - 1966

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about 1940-1966

Charcoal on paper

Overall: 41 15/16 × 34 7/16 in. (106.5 × 87.4 cm)

Plate: 37 1/2 × 30 in. (95.2 × 76.2 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Jane Oman in memory of her husband, Frederick P. Oman, Class of 1956 and of Carl Frederick Oman, Class of 1986, in memory of his father

D.996.41.4

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Drawing

Research Area

Drawing

Not on view

Inscriptions

Inscribed, in charcoal, top, left to right: The / HANOVER / INN

Provenance

[Walter Beach Humphrey Estate Sale Stamp, 1966]; Jane and Frederick P. Oman (1935-1991), Class of 1956, Dallas, Texas; given to present collection, 1996.

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