$10,073
American School, Early 20th Century Mountain Valley Farm Scene. Signed and dated "Glenn Hale 1924" l.r., the painting found in an attic over forty years ago in Hillsdale County, Michigan. Oil on canvas, the scene depicting an early 20th century family farm with figures going about their chores, a farmhouse and outbuildings, horses, several Holstein cows in the large pasture, and a flock of chickens, with crops in the fields, and grain and haystacks drying before a hilly and mountainous landscape. In the foreground a Model A Ford passes by the farm, foreshadowing the mechanization of the family farm; approx. 42 x 72 in., in a period molded wood frame. Condition: Stable craquelure, two cows in the barnyard were painted over, probably by the artist, minor paint losses.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2011-08-14
