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Artist/Maker
James Penney
(American, 1910 – 1982)
Date1977
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 60 1/4 × 44 in. (153 × 111.8 cm)
Frame: 62 × 45 3/4 × 1 5/8 in. (157.5 × 116.2 × 4.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Rachel B. Penney
Object number1987.23
Not on view
DescriptionScene from within Root Hall classroom, painting of sun playing across chalkboard
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Additional Details
Provenance
1987: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of Rachel Penney;
1982 - 1987: Rachel Penney, by inheritance from her husband, the artist.
1982 - 1987: Rachel Penney, by inheritance from her husband, the artist.
Published References
FRIENDS OF ART NEWSLETTER (Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, vol. 1, no. 1, February 1988, "Acquisitions 1987").
Signature
Signed and dated "Penney '77" at lower right corner.
Inscribed
Verso right stretcher "James Penney" verso in red pencil size of stretcher written on each one verso top of stretcher "Cooperstown Art Association Annual First Prize $500 Fine Arts Awards 1981"; "O.JP.187" on verso at top left stretcher in black marker; "1977" on verso at top right stretcher in black pen.
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