Midway, Gloucester, Massachusetts
Herbert H. Scheffel, American, 1909 - 2003
1949
Watercolor on paper
Overall: 23 1/4 × 17 1/4 in. (59.1 × 43.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund
W.951.1
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Watercolor
Research Area
Watercolor
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, lower left: Herbert Scheffel; inscribed, on verso, upper center: "MIDWAY"; lower left: Gloucester Aug. 1949 / August 1 & 2 / 1949
Course History
ARTH 17, The Power of Place: Urban and Rural Images in American Art, 1900-1945, Sarah Powers, Winter 2014
Exhibition History
Annual Exhibition of the Boston Society of Independent Artists, Boston, Massachusetts, about 1949-1951.
Provenance
Boston Society of Independent Artists; sold to present collection, 1951.
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