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Artist/Maker
William C. Palmer
(American, 1906 - 1987)
Date1947
MediumOil on watercolor board
DimensionsOverall: 24 1/8 × 18 1/8 in. (61.3 × 46 cm)
Credit LineWilliam C. Palmer Papers. Bequest of William C. Palmer. Transferred from Hamilton College Library Special Collections.
Object numberWCP.587
Not on view
DescriptionLandscape with figure on monument with sun.
Collections
Additional Details
Provenance
2009: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by transfer from Hamilton College Library Special Collections;
c. 1987: Hamilton College Library Special Collections, by bequest of William C. Palmer.
c. 1987: Hamilton College Library Special Collections, by bequest of William C. Palmer.
Markings
Stamps: "WHATMAN'S / WATERCOLOR BOARDS / MADE WITH / WHATMAN'S PAPER / DEVOE & RAYNOLDS Co., Ink. / NEW YORK - - CHICAGO" on verso at center; "FACED WITH GENUINE / EXTRA HARD SIZED / WHATMAN DRAWING PAPER / by Authority of the Manufacturers / W. & R. BALSTON LTD." on verso at lower center; "COLD PRESSED" on verso at lower center.
Labels: adhesive label with typeset "MIDTOWN GALLERIES / A. D. GRUSKIN, DIRECTOR / 605 MADISON AVENUE NEW YORK 22, N.Y. / ZEPHYR by WILLIAM PALMER" at upper right; adhesive label with typeset "WILLIAM C. PALME[...] / "BUTTERNUT HILL" / CLINTON NEW [partially covered]" at upper right.
Labels: adhesive label with typeset "MIDTOWN GALLERIES / A. D. GRUSKIN, DIRECTOR / 605 MADISON AVENUE NEW YORK 22, N.Y. / ZEPHYR by WILLIAM PALMER" at upper right; adhesive label with typeset "WILLIAM C. PALME[...] / "BUTTERNUT HILL" / CLINTON NEW [partially covered]" at upper right.
Signature
Not signed.
Inscribed
"1947" on verso at lower left in ink; "HANDLE WITH CARE [sideways]" on verso at upper center in pencil; "36" on verso at lower left in marker.
William C. Palmer
Date: likely late 1930's
Medium: Oil on canvas
Object number: 1991.163
William C. Palmer
Date: 1925-26
Medium: Graphite, crayon, watercolor and ink on paper
Object number: WCP.XXX.23
William C. Palmer
Date: 1945
Medium: Gouache on board
Object number: WCP.365
William C. Palmer
Date: c. 1945
Medium: Gouache and ink on tracing paper
Object number: WCP.619.1
William C. Palmer
Date: c. 1945
Medium: Gouache and crayon on tracing paper
Object number: WCP.619.4
William C. Palmer
Date: c. 1945
Medium: Gouache and crayon on tracing paper
Object number: WCP.619.5
William C. Palmer
Date: c. 1945
Medium: Gouache and crayon on tracing paper
Object number: WCP.619.6