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- New Hope / Lambertville / Trenton »
Subjects:
- Delaware River / Canal Scenes »
- Industrial Scenes »
- Work scenes »
Time-frames:
- 1920-1929 »

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Classification: painting »

Theme: landscape »

Medium: Oil »

Support: on canvas »

JFF.1281

Tow Mules

1920

Oil on canvas

24 x 30 in. (60.96 x 76.2 cm)

Current location unknown

Provenance

Current location unknown (This painting is believed to be destroyed.)

Exhibitions

1920 McClees

McClees Gallery, Philadelphia, Paintings of John F. Folinsbee, November 1–25, 1920, no. 13.

1921 Ferargil

Ferargil Gallery, New York, Paintings by John Folinsbee, March 1921.

1921 CAFA

Connecticut Academy of the Fine Arts, Annex Gallery, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut, 11th Annual Exhibition, April 18–May 1, 1921, no. 39.

1924 Gilford CT

Gilford, Connecticut, Exhibition of American Landscape Painters, 1924.

Published References

Hartford Courant 1921

"[Photo Stand Alone]." Hartford Courant, May 8, 1921, b/w ill.

NY Times 1921c

"Paintings by John Folinsbee." New York Times, March 18, 1921.

Notes

In his logbook, Folinsbee noted that this painting had been destroyed by 1928 and that he had painted another to replace it. It is unclear whether or not the replacement painting is JFF.1023, which depicts the mules from a distance.

Record last updated July 24, 2012. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Citation: Jensen, Kirsten M. ""Tow Mules, 1920 (JFF.1281)." In John F. Folinsbee Catalogue Raisonné. www.johnfolinsbee.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=1281 (accessed on September 12, 2025).