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Collection Record Detail
Object Name
Oil Painting - "Putnam Phalanx on Litchfield Green"
Object Number
1985-13-1
Description
Oil on canvas painting, genre scene, take directly from a photograph of Putnam Phalanx on August 2, 1920, State Day of the Litchfield Bi-Centennial, photo by W. N. Copley. Lines of marching men, in all, in blue uniform marhing across north Street, view of corner house and Phelps tavern. Originally in the "Lindens", purchased from the Mrs. Ludlow Bull Estate. Signed lower right: "ADELAIDE DEMING"
Comment
Adelaide Deming was an artist and educator working largely in New York, although she kept a residence in Litchfield. She studied at the Art Students League and with artists like William Merritt Chase. She taught at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn from 1902 to 1910. Deming was a member of the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, the Paint and Clay Club of New Haven, the Kent Art Association, the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors, and the American Watercolor Society.
Category
Date Made
ca. 1920
Dimensions
Painting: 29 1/2" x 56 1/2"; Frame: 34 1/2" x 64 1/4"
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