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John Henry Twachtman Catalogue Raisonné
An online catalogue by Lisa N. Peters, Ph.D., in collaboration with the Greenwich Historical Society
Catalogue Entry
D.1407
Charcoal Sketch after Under the Wharves
ca. 1900
Charcoal on paper
5 x 3 3/8 in. (12.7 x 8.6 cm)
Inscribed verso, upper center: I am getting sleepy
Private collection
Provenance
Given by the artist to his son J. Alden Twachtman, Greenwich, Connecticut, 1900;
by descent in the family to estate of Alden Eric Twachtman;
by descent to present collection, 1990.
Literature
Peters 2006–IV
Peters, Lisa N. "Catalogue." In John Twachtman (1853–1902): A "Painter's Painter", by Lisa N. Peters. New York: Spanierman Gallery, 2006. Exhibition catalogue (2006 Spanierman), pp. 204–5 ill. in b/w, as Charcoal Sketch after Under the Wharves.Commentary
Among the twenty-four charcoal sketches Twachtman sent to his son, Alden, after compositions he created in Gloucester in the summer of 1900, this drawing depicts Under the Wharves (OP.1425), an oil created by Twachtman from two cigar boxtops joined together. In rendering the painting, he used an open shed as a frame within his design, which he indicated in this sketch and in the painting. In a personal note to his son, he wrote on this drawing's verso: "I am getting sleepy."