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HALLOWELL, George Hawley, (1871-1926)
A Transport of Wood by Horses and Sledge
[Boston: circa 1920]. Pencil, pastel, watercolour, and pen and ink, signed lower right 'George H. Hallowell' in black ink. Sheet size: 12 5/8 x 47 5/8 inches.
A highly accomplished and atmospheric image of life in the North American woods in winter.
The horses stand patiently, glad of the brief rest whilst their driver turns to talk to his neighbour, before resuming the hard journey home. They can't talk for long, as the mid-winter sun is already low enough to be colouring the snow-covered forest floor, the trees casting long shadows.
George Hallowell trained under Edmund C.Tarbell and Frank W. Benson at Bostons Museum School and with H. Warren of Rotch in Boston and in Paris. Hallowell spent his professional life in Boston and developed a characteristic style, based on the blending of materials, which is seen at its best in the present work. Using a technique which is reminiscent of photography, Hallowell focuses on the horses, their driver and the wood they are hauling - all these elements are worked to give a suggestion of clarity. The surroundings (the trees in the foreground; the buildings; the forest in the background) are all much more impressionistically drawn.
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#18007 $25,000.00 
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