Wet and Shining

Painting

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Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens

Name/Title

Wet and Shining

Entry/Object ID

SHH 1.120

Tags

Assess Condition

Description

Landscape with two tall full (green and blue tinted leaves). Trees at left side. At center middle distance rose colored Dutch style barn, roof in hues of blue, with full story silo attached. Two small gable roof structures in front of silo and one small gable roof structure at left side in distance, visible between the two trees. Field of haystacks extending from barn and silo location to right front and right side of canvas, in hues of yellow and gold with blue, green and red highlights. Pale green and blue-green ridge of trees and nondescript landscape at right far distance. Blue sky and puffy cloud cover in white and pale blue and roses.

Type of Painting

Easel

Artwork Details

Medium

Oil, Canvas

Collection

PERMANENT COLLECTION

Cataloged By

DD

Acquisition

Accession

SHH-Original

Source or Donor

Seiberling Heirs

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

Inscription

Location

lower left corner

Transcription

G.F.P. Seiberling 1935

Material/Technique

Painted

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Other Number

Other Number

GFS 1.19

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Image Size: 16" x 18"

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Notes

October 12, 1987: label removed; keys added; reverse of canvas vacuumed; acid free backing board secured with screws; placed in frame with brass mending plates; new hanging hardware; rabbet of frame lined with black polyester velvet ribbon, Elmer's glue. Paint is cracking with a missing section approx. 3 x 1mm (see photo) heavy cracking in upper right quadrant, slight cracking in upper left quadrant, some missing/chipped paint

Provenance

Notes

Submitted to First Annual New Year Show at the Butler Art Institute, Youngstown, Ohio January 1-31, 1936 but entry was rejected by jury.

General Notes

Note

The Butler Art Institute, Youngstown, Ohio New Year Show 1936 "Wet and Shining" checked as rejected.

Created By

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Create Date

June 24, 1997

Updated By

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Update Date

June 9, 2026