Hills of Kelp
Circa 1929
Oil on canvas
30 x 34 inches
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Framed: 34 1/2 x 38 1/2 inches
Inscription: Signed lower right
Provenance: John C. Shaffer, purchased out of the 1930 Hoosier Salon Exhibition; Private Collection, Chicago, Illinois (by descent, originally acquired 1943); Private Collection, Zionsville, Indiana (purchased from the former, January, 2020).
Exhibited: Picture Galleries, Marshall Field & Company, Chicago, Illinois, "1930 Hoosier Salon," January 27–February 12, 1930 (100), Outstanding Picture of the Exhibition (Best in Show), John C. Shaffer Prize ($500); Nashville, Indiana, Brown County Art Gallery, "Collectors' Showcase 2024, Hoosier Salon Centennial: Art From the Heartland," October 5–November 10, 2024.
Literature: "The Indianapolis Star” January 28, 1930, p. 3; illustrated in the catalog accompanying the above Collectors' Showcase exhibition, p. 20 (color).
Note: Arguably the artist's best and most significant picture. In untouched original condition and retaining its fine original Newcomb-Macklin style frame. Depicts an early settlement that was located in what is now the Brown County State Park.
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