Drawing

Title:

Untitled

Object Name:

Drawing

Object ID:

2009.026.008 b

Creator:

Soule, George C. (1914-2008)Artist

Date:

circa 1935

Description:

Copy of an untitled drawing of Father Time, by George C. Soule (1914-2008), c. 1935. Photostatic copy enhanced with ink outlines. Lower center, bearded man with a scythe in his right hand, and his left hand resting on a book; he is standing over a cuckoo clock. Upper center, bearded man is sitting on the roof of the cuckoo clock with the scythe resting over his shoulder and a large book open behind him. Unsigned. Unframed.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-11 W-8.5 inches

Provenance:

George C. Soule (1914-2008) of Manchester, NH, was an artist with the Civilian Conservation Corps in New Hampshire, 1935-1937. He was assigned to draw portraits of CCC workers and to document camp life. He studied art at Yale and became an architect in Manchester. He operated the firm of Soule & Associates from the 1950s through the 1980s. He designed schools, churches, houses, and a wide variety of commercial buildings in southern NH and southern New England. The collection was donated by the children of George Soule.

Credit Line:

Gift of Patricia, Cynthia, and Peter Soule

People:

Soule, George C. (1914-2008)

Subjects:

Clocks & watches, Father Time, Scythes, Time