John Henry Twachtman Catalogue Raisonné
An online catalogue by Lisa N. Peters, Ph.D., in collaboration with the Greenwich Historical Society
Catalogue Entry
P.930
Along the Brook, Greenwich, Connecticut
Alternate title: River Glade
1890s
Pastel on paper
12 13/16 x 9 1/2 in. (32.6 x 24.1 cm)
Private collection
Provenance
to private collection, Florida, 1980;
to present collection, 1992.
Literature
Hale, John Douglass. "Life and Creative Development of John H. Twachtman." 2 vols. Ph.D. dissertation, Ohio State University, 1957. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms, 1958, vol. 2, p. 589 (catalogue A, no. 977), as Along the Brook, Greenwich, Connecticut. (Hale concordance).
The Steven Straw Collection of American Paintings and Furniture. Auction catalogue, May 2–3, 1980. Boston: Phillips, 1980, lot 59 ill. in b/w, as River Glade.
Commentary
This pastel, probably depicting a view along Horseneck Brook in Greenwich, was part of the group of pastels that belonged to the Art Students League. Twachtman gave it to the league during his many years there as a teacher of antique drawing, showing a very different side of his art than the subject in which he instructed. The pastel was on deposit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art from 1921 to 1966.