John Henry Twachtman Catalogue Raisonné
An online catalogue by Lisa N. Peters, Ph.D., in collaboration with the Greenwich Historical Society
Catalogue Entry
D.1420
Charcoal Sketch after Gloucester, Fishermen's Houses
ca. 1900
Charcoal on paper
3 3/8 x 4 7/8 in. (8.6 x 12.4 cm)
Inscribed upper right: 25 / 25 / red / house
Private collection
Provenance
by descent in the family to present collection, 1990.
Commentary
One of the twenty-four charcoal sketches Twachtman sent to his son Alden, after paintings he created in Gloucester in the summer of 1900, this drawing depicts Gloucester Fishermen's Houses (OP.1411). To the right of the drawing, Twachtman wrote: "25 x 25," indicating the painting's square format, and "red house," which is the title he used for the painting in his 1901 solo exhibitions in Chicago and Cincinnati.