Catalogue entry
JFF.240
Village Street (Woodstock)
Alternate title: Shadows
1913
Oil on canvas
8 x 10 in. (20.32 x 25.4 cm)
Signed lower right: John F. Folinsbee; inscribed on back stretcher, "Woodstock, NY"
Private collection
Provenance
Sold by Ferargil Gallery, January 1917
Private collection, 2003
Sold by Eldred's Auction Gallery, East Dennis, MA; April 9, 2016, lot 861.
Sold by James D. Julia, Inc., Boston, MA; August 26, 2016, lot 1418
Private collection, 2016
Exhibitions
New Canaan Library, New Canaan, Connecticut, [unknown title], 1915, as Shadows.
Ferargil Gallery, New York, Paintings by John Folinsbee, November–December 8, 1917.
Published References
Notes
Although the inscription on the verso of the board suggests a Woodstock scene, Folinsbee's logbook also contains a reference to a painting titled Village Street (New Hope), which would imply a date of at least 1916, and it is unlikely that he would have used the Woodstock address at that point in time--although he had painted and exhibited there during the summer of 1916. However, the artist's brushwork, which relies more on the "lost-edge" technique taught by his mentors Birge Harrison and John Carlson than the more structured approach he begain employing a few years later, as well as his palette suggest instead that this is a Woodstock subject with an earlier date.
Record last updated September 7, 2018. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Jensen, Kirsten M. ""Village Street (Woodstock), 1913 (JFF.240)." In John F. Folinsbee Catalogue Raisonné. www.johnfolinsbee.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=240 (accessed on May 1, 2025).