November Hills
1955
Oil on canvas
30 x 36 inches
Other Information
Framed: 36 1/2 x 42 1/2 inches
Inscription: Signed lower left
Provenance: Delta Kappa Gamma, Austin, Texas; Private Collection, Carmel, Indiana (purchased from the former).
Exhibited: Rockport, Massachusetts, Rockport Art Association, "Thirty Fifth Annual Exhibition," 1955 (E. J. Tonsberg Memorial Prize, Honorable Mention); Auditorium Galleries, William H. Block Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, "Hoosier Salon," February 6–February 18, 1956 (21); "C. Curry Bohm: Brown County and Beyond," exhibition shown at the Brauer Museum of Art, Brown County Art Gallery, Swope Art Museum, John P. Weatherhead Gallery of St. Francis College, all in 2020 (labels verso). This painting has had only two owners in its nearly 75 year history.
Literature: Illustrated in the July 17, 1956 edition of "The Indianapolis News," p. 19; Daniel Kraft and Jim Ross, Editors, "C. Curry Bohm: Brown County and Beyond." Valparaiso, Indiana, Brauer Museum of Art, 2020, reprod. p. 164 (color).
Note: One of the artist's best, and in excellent condition and retaining its original frame. This picture was purchased by Delta Kappa Gamma (an honor society for women teachers, librarians, and school administrators) in recognition of Edna McGuire Boyd of Greencastle, Indiana. Mrs. Boyd was President of the group when it raised the funds to build its national headquarters in Austin, Texas. This painting was central to that new building, and the decor was designed around the painting.
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