Name/Title
Telegraph Poles - KentEntry/Object ID
SHH 1.72Description
Landscape: hilly country road across front foreground and road extends back in scene to left of center with steel bridge and telegraph poles on either side of road. At right foreground 2 1/2 story gray clapboard pitch roof house; grayish blue in color. In background right side, one red 1 1/2 story building in middle ground area, and seven red and gray buildings at right background/horizon. Horizon with yellow green rounded hills, white yellow sky. Tall bushy tree visible at left edge. All colors are colors of light, i.e. violet shadows. Impressionalistic use of color.Type of Painting
EaselCollection
PERMANENT COLLECTIONCataloged By
DDAcquisition
Accession
SHH-OriginalSource or Donor
Seiberling HeirsAcquisition Method
GiftMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Seiberling, Gertrude PenfieldRole
ArtistDate made
1935Place
City
AkronState/Province
OhioCountry
United States of AmericaContinent
North AmericaInscription/Signature/Marks
Type
SignatureLocation
Lower left cornerTranscription
G.F.P SeiberlingNotes
Maker´s Mark: Label on reverse removed April 29, 1988Other Names and Numbers
Other Name
Telegraph PolesOther Numbers
Number Type
Other NumberOther Number
No. 109Dimensions
Dimension Notes
Canvas Size: 20" x 24"Condition
Overall Condition
FairNotes
Holes in backing.Provenance
Notes
Listed in The Akron Art Institute exhibition catalog "Exhibition Paintings in Oil by Gertrude F. Penfield Seiberling" June 10-30, 1938. No. 25, "Telegraph Poles, Kent" dated 1934 in catalog.
Listed in 1946 Memorial Exhibition of paintings by Gertrude Seiberling held at the Akron Art Institute. No. 12.General Notes
Note
It has always been believed that this painting was exhibited in 1937 - Corcoran Gallery, Washington, D.C., Fifteenth Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, however the exhibition catalog from that show does not list Gertrude's name. (Purchased by Julie Frey 2018 off used book site) Possible she sent it for consideration but it was not selected by jury for exhibition.
Framed in March 2019 at Akrona Galleries (1765 W Market St, Akron, OH 44313)
for 2019 season's exhibition on Gertrude's artwork.Create Date
June 18, 1997Update Date
June 9, 2026
