The Mansion's Back Door

Painting

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Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens

Name/Title

The Mansion's Back Door

Entry/Object ID

SHH 1.71

Description

View of back porch Italianate Style building on a sunny day. Building (in right foreground, extending off to and right of canvas) is brick with masonry foundation. Two windows visible. Door, center right, is beneath an arch. Porch extends in front of door. Six deep stone steps extend from lower center left to square landing covered by a high, flat roof on tall, slender columns. Stone pedestal visible in lower right corner of canvas. Path winds from lower right corner to left foreground and then behind steps. Tall birch tree in cream and sepia stands in left foreground and extends off top of canvas. Lawn and trees in background. Greens shade darker in distance. Pointed dome and roof visible amongst trees in center left background.

Type of Painting

Easel

Artwork Details

Medium

Oil, Canvas

Collection

PERMANENT COLLECTION

Cataloged By

DD

Category

Painted by Gertrude Seiberling

Acquisition

Accession

SHH 89.24

Source or Donor

Seiberling, Dorothy

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Seiberling, Gertrude Penfield

Role

Artist

Date made

circa 1935

Place

City

Akron

State/Province

Ohio

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Signature

Location

Front lower left corner

Transcription

GFP Seiberling

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Canvas size: 22" x 20"

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Notes

Unvarnished with slight paint abrasion at upper part of door. All eight keys are in place.

Provenance

Notes

Exhibited 1935 at Ohio State Fair by Gertrude Seiberling. Listed in The Akron Art Institute exhibition catalog "Exhibition Paintings in Oil by Gertrude F. Penfield Seiberling" June 10-30, 1938. No. 24, "Back Door of the Kent Mansion" dated 1934 in catalog. Gift of Mrs. Dorothy Seiberling Stiber- 1989.

General Notes

Note

Mrs. Dorothy Seiberling Stiber (Fred's daughter and granddaughter of Gertrude and F. A. Seiberling); 5 South Menantic Road, Shelter Island, New York 11964; delivered to Stan Hywet August 30, 1989 by Dorothy's friend, Mr. R. M. Pierson, Hudson, Ohio.

Created By

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Create Date

June 18, 1997

Updated By

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Update Date

June 9, 2026