Fringed Gentians, Shore of Huron

Painting

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Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens

Name/Title

Fringed Gentians, Shore of Huron

Entry/Object ID

SHH 2005.125

Description

Oil on canvas and mounted on wood frame. An up close painting of blue and yellow flowers on the shore of Lake Huron (the water in the background). It is signed GFP Seiberling, and dated (1936).

Type of Painting

Easel

Artwork Details

Medium

Oil, Canvas

Collection

PERMANENT COLLECTION

Cataloged By

Laura Faris

Acquisition

Accession

Gate Lodge 1999

Source or Donor

Harrison, Irene Seiberling

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Irene Harrison - left in Gate Lodge

Made/Created

Artist

Seiberling, Gertrude Penfield

Date made

1936

Place

City

Akron

State/Province

Ohio

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Location

lower left hand corner of canvas

Notes

Signed Name: GFP Seiberling 1936

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Other Number

Other Number

No. 107

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Image Size: 18 1/4" x 16 1/4"

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Notes

The painting and canvas are in good condition, but the painting is dirty.

Provenance

Notes

Exhibted in the Second Annual New Year Show at the Butler Art Institute, Youngstown, Ohio, January 1-31, 1937. Exhibition tag - paper card attached to back of wooden frame with 2 tacks, printed in black with handwritten fill-in: "TO BE ATTACHED AND SECURELY FASTENED TO BACK OF FRAME/ NAME -Gertrude F.P.Seiberling/ ADDRESS STAN-HYWET -AKRON, OH/ TITLE - Fringed Gentians, Shore of Huron/ Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C./ FIFTHTEENTH BIENNIAL EXHIBITION/ CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN OIL PAINTINGS, 1937. - does not appear in the exhibition catalog for this show so believe the painting was rejected by the jury. Listed in The Akron Art Institute exhibition catalog "Exhibition Paintings in Oil by Gertrude F. Penfield Seiberling" June 10-30, 1938. No. 38, "Gentians on shore of Lake Huron" dated 1936 in catalog. Listed in 1946 Memorial Exhibition of paintings by Gertrude Seiberling held at the Akron Art Institute. No. 7. Titled "Gentians on shore of Lake Huron - Cedar-Lodge Camp"

General Notes

Note

This is one of 14 paintings attributed to Gertrude Seiberling or Dorothy Seiberling that were found at the Gate Lodge in 1999. NOTE: Gertrude only signed a few of these, and Dorothy only signed one. Accession Nos. SHH 2005.125-138. Framed in March 2019 at Akrona Galleries (1765 W Market St, Akron, OH 44313) for 2019 season's exhibition on Gertrude's artwork.

Created By

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Create Date

June 30, 2005

Updated By

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Update Date

June 8, 2026