Switching Cars
Paul Sample, American, 1896 - 1974
not dated
Watercolor over graphite on watercolor board
Sheet: 11 7/16 × 15 3/8 in. (29 × 39 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the artist, Class of 1920
W.983.34.116
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Watercolor
Research Area
Watercolor
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, in watercolor, bottom right: Paul Sample. VERSO- Inscribed, in graphite, center: "switching cars" - Paul Sample.
Exhibition History
Paul Sample: Painter of the American Scene, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 4-August 28, 1988.
Publication History
Robert L. McGrath and Paula F. Glick, Paul Sample: Painter of the American Scene, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 1988, no. 63.
Vermont Railroad Museum, "Glory Days of the Railroad Festival", Saturday September 9, 2000, 12 x 18 color posters, ads in The Valley News, The Country Chronicle and The Bennington Banner.
Barbara J. MacAdam, Marks of Distinction, Two Hundred Years of American Drawings and Watercolors from the Hood Museum of Art, Manchester, Vermont: Hudson Hills Press, 2005, ill. p. 244.
Provenance
The artist; given to Dartmouth College Library; transferred to present collection, 1983
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