Above the Desert

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The artist; [with Midtown Galleries, New York]; purchased from the artist, while on exhibition in Buck Hill, 1939.

Note

Mitchell was a grandson of Buck Hill founder Mr. and Mrs. Howard Jenkins and the son of Mrs. Anna Webster, both of the later cottage colony members in 1938. Mitchell had studied with Daniel Garber and Edward Redfield. He later settled in San Diego, California where he was a prominent member of the San Diego artists colony. His painting Wheelwright’s Shop, was also in the 1939 Purchase prize exhibition and two other works were purchased in 2002 and 2003.

Above the Desert

ArtistAlfred R. MitchellNationalityAmericanArtist DOB & DODYork, Pennsylvania 1888 - 1972 San Diego, CaliforniaMediumOil on boardSignatureUnknownDatedNot dated, painted about 1938Inscriptions by ArtistUnknownMarksUnknownDimensions20 1/16 X 23 3/4 in.FrameUnknownConditionUnknownLocation when Inspected:UnknownDate Acquired by BHAA1939Credit LineBuck Hill Art Association, Purchase Prize 1939ExhibitionsBuck Hill Falls, The Inn at Buck Hill Falls, The Buck Hill Art Association, 7th Annual Purchase Prize Exhibition, 20 July – 21 August 1939, no. 39.PublicationsBuck Hill Falls, Buck Hill Art Association; The Permanent Collection, 1972, p. [?]ReferencesUnknownDate of InspectionUnknownShare

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