View from Top

Name/Title

View from Top

Entry/Object ID

2023.59.19

Description

Small, square oil painting in the Anne Corlett style with a cloudy atmosphere snuggling close to tree branches and the Kalamazoo coursing along a winding route. Canvas "floats" inside a high-profile silver-painted wooden frame.

Type of Painting

Easel

Artwork Details

Medium

Oil

Context

The bridge crossing the river suggest this is the view from Mt. Baldhead.

Collection

Artworks

Cataloged By

Winthers, Sally

Acquisition

Accession

2023.59

Source or Donor

Lakeshore Event Center/Tressa Mills

Acquisition Method

Purchase

Made/Created

Artist

Corlett, Anne

Date made

1914

Dimensions

Dimension Description

including frame

Height

7 in

Width

7 in

Location

Shelf

AC bay 21 small works

Room

Art Conservation Room

Interpretative Labels

Label

Anne Corlett active artist Anne Corlett earned her B.F.A. from University of Wisconsin and continued her studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Royal Academy of Art in London, Kalamazoo Institute of Art, and Ox-Bow. View from the Top (2014) The View from the Top captures the solitude and quiet feelings of winter from high atop Mount Baldhead. The bare branches frame the open views of Lake Kalamazoo and the Blue Star Bridge between Saugatuck and Douglas in the background. SDHC Collection Gift of Karen and Herb Tews from the Art and Kit Lane Collection 2023.59.1

General Notes

Note

2023 auction description: 2014 Oil on Canvas by Anne Corlett (b 1960). Approx. 7"x7" OA; 6"x6" SS. Part of a Saugatuck/Douglas Art Collection.

Create Date

December 21, 2023

Update Date

October 21, 2025