Catalogue entry
JFF.1188
Ploughing
Alternate title: Ploughing on the Ridge
c.1915
Oil on canvas
16 x 20 in. (40.64 x 50.8 cm)
Current location unknown
Provenance
Sold January 1917 from Ferargil Gallery, New York, New York ($150)
Current location unknown
Exhibitions
National Academy of Design, New York, 90th Annual Exhibition, March 20–April 15, 1915, no. 357, as Ploughing on the Ridge.
Louis Katz Art Galleries, New York, Recent Paintings by Harry Leith-Ross and John F. Folinsbee, October 4–21, 1915, no. 27. Traveled to: Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, November 1915.
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, Recent Paintings by John F. Folinsbee and Harry Leith-Ross, November 1915, no. 275.
Salmagundi Club, New York, Annual Exhibition of Oil Paintings, January–March 1916, no. 53.
Mahoning Institute of Art, Youngstown, Ohio, Midwinter Exhibition of Paintings Loaned by John F. Folinsbee, by Harry Leith-Ross, and by Artists and Citizens of Youngstown, January 4–22, 1916, no. 275.
Allied Artists of America, New York, Third Annual Member Exhibition, May 2–25, 1916, no. 4.
Smith College, Hillyer Gallery, Northampton, Massachusetts, Paintings of John F. Folinsbee, October–November 1916.
Ferargil Galleries, New York, Paintings by John Folinsbee, January 1–15, 1917.
Published References
"Art and Artists: Paintings and Sculptures Shown by Allied Artists." New York Globe, May 2, 1916.
Notes
From the Evening World: "'Ploughing' is impressionistic. The operation is well symbolized and there is much introduced in the action in the canvas."
As described in the Springfield Republican: "the plowing is up hill on a bright April morning, with some moist clouds, and beyond are hills; the scene is full of air and free movement."
Record last updated October 17, 2012. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Jensen, Kirsten M. ""Ploughing, c.1915 (JFF.1188)." In John F. Folinsbee Catalogue Raisonné. www.johnfolinsbee.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=1188 (accessed on May 5, 2025).