John Henry Twachtman Catalogue Raisonné
An online catalogue by Lisa N. Peters, Ph.D., in collaboration with the Greenwich Historical Society
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Charcoal Sketch after Bark and Schooner, ca. 1900 (D.1414). Verso: D.1414. Charcoal Sketch after Bark and Schooner.
Verso: D.1414. Charcoal Sketch after Bark and Schooner.
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D.1414
Charcoal Sketch after Bark and Schooner
ca. 1900
Charcoal on paper
3 3/4 x 5 3/4 in. (9.5 x 14.6 cm)
Inscribed verso: This is the / best thing / I ever / painted
Private collection
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 Bark and Schooner (OP.1400), a view across Gloucester Harbor with an Italian Salt Bark at its center. This sketch seems to have faded, but the essential features of the composition can be seen. Twachtman indicated the painting's dimensions (25 x 25 inches). On its verso, he wrote "This is best thing I ever painted."