Topography Instruction
Paul Sample, American, 1896 - 1974
late 1930s
Watercolor over graphite on stiff textured wove paper
Overall: 11 × 15 in. (27.9 × 38.1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the artist, Class of 1920
2015.65.2
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Watercolor
Research Area
Watercolor
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, in graphe, lower left: PAUL SAMPLE; titled, in ballpoint pen, on reverse: "TOPOGRAPHY INSTRUCTION"
Published References
Sample, Paul, Robert L. McGrath, and Paula F. Glick. Paul Sample: Painter of the American Scene. Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 1988.
Provenance
The artist (1896-1974), Norwich, Vermont; the artist's notebooks, drawings and watercolors given in small annual donations to the Dartmouth College Library (through the Friends of the Dartmouth College Library), between 1948-1974; transferred to present collection, 2015.
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