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In rhe Early Sixties (Main St., Johnstown) oil on canvas on masonite, 15 1/2 x 22 3/4, signed lower right and dated 1917.

15 1/2 x 22 3/4

  • Provenance: Private collection, North Andover, Massachusetts
    Descended in the family to the present.
  • Exhibited: National Academy of Design 1917-W, no. 70Illustrated: Elizabeth McCausland, "The Life and Work of Edward Lamson Henry N.A.", 1945, no. 382, illus. no. 212.
  • Notes: The original letter from the artist accompanies the lot. PROPERTY OF A CONNECTICUT FAMILYHenry's talent and mental acuity did not wane in his later years. At age 76, and still active at the National Academy of Design, his recall of the details in Johnstown 54 prior, add a footnote to American history. The poignancy of his remembrance of a town filled with soldiers in 1860's and "(So it is now) " in 1917, is a moving analogy of a country in turmoil.

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