Spring Zephyr

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

American Art

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.

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.

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.