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JFF.940
The First Log (Study)
1915–16
Oil on canvas
8 x 10 1/4 in. (20.32 x 26.035 cm)
Signed lower right: John Folinsbee
Private collection
Provenance
Caldwell Gallery, Manilus, NY; entered present collection in 1994.
Private collection
Exhibitions
Smith College, Hillyer Gallery, Northampton, Massachusetts, Paintings of John F. Folinsbee, October–November 1916.
Published References
No known published references.
Notes
Study for a larger work, First Log (Solitude) also known as Winter Logging, JFF. 241. In the larger work, Folinsbee flipped the composition horizontally, so that the driver and his team of horses pull their load to the left, rather than the right.
One reviewer of the solo exhibition at the Hillyer Gallery remarked that The First Log "has all the crispness and sparkle of the ideal winter weather." (Hampshire Gazette)
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. ""The First Log (Study), 1915–16 (JFF.940)." In John F. Folinsbee Catalogue Raisonné. www.johnfolinsbee.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=940 (accessed on May 1, 2025).