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Douglass Crockwell, American (1904-1968), Paper Workers, Finch Pruyn & Co., Glens Falls, New Y…
Paper Workers, Finch Pruyn & Co., Glens Falls, New York
Douglass Crockwell, American (1904-1968), Paper Workers, Finch Pruyn & Co., Glens Falls, New York, 1934, oil on canvas, 48 x 36 in., The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, New York. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel P. Hoopes Jr., 2009.3
Seems to be in the public domain. No agreements on file and we have used the image extensively. No copyright credit used by Smithsonian on the original of this piece bab/10/8/2014

Paper Workers, Finch Pruyn & Co., Glens Falls, New York

Artist Douglass Crockwell American, 1904 - 1968
Date1934
Mediumoil on canvas
DimensionsStretcher: 48 x 36 in. (121.9 x 91.4 cm)
Frame Dimensions: 53 x 40 1/2 in. (134.6 x 102.9 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel P. Hoopes, Jr.
Object number2009.3
On View
Not on view
Collections
  • American Paintings & Sculpture
SignedUpper right: "Douglass Crockwell 34"
DescriptionCubist painting very much of the 'machine age.' Two figures work at a large machine in the Finch Pruyn paper mill, apparently smoothing a huge roll of paper. In the left foreground a supervisor is bending forward watching them closely, or possibly speaking to them, as they work.Exhibition HistoryBirdsall Gallery, The Hyde Collection, Jan. 26 - March 1, 2010.

Birdsall gallery, The Hyde Colelction, May 19, 2010 - Jan. 31, 2011.

"What's New? Recent Acquisitions 2008-2010", Hoopes Gallery, The Hyde Collection, March 3 - May 29, 2011.

"50 at 50: Five Decades of Collecting at the Hyde". Wood Gallery, Education Wing, Hyde House, The Hyde Collection. Glens Falls, January 16, 2013 -April 14, 2013Provenance1934, Glens Falls, NY, Finch Pruyn & Co.
New York, NY, Forest Paper Company,
by 2008, New York, NY, D. Wigmore Fine Art, Inc. (dealer)
2009, Glens Falls, NY, The Hyde Collection Trust