General Store

Name/Title

General Store

Entry/Object ID

VHS-A-223

Description

Print showing a retail building (general store) on the corner of a large, multi-use structure. The store has a front porch, and there are two men lounging on it, one in a chair and one on the ground. To the left of the store is a short section of building with a door that is raised from the ground with no steps. In front of the door is a gas pump. To the right of the small building sections is a garage opening with a car parked inside. There is a church building with a steeple behind the store, aligned to appear attached. There is a headstone or small monument in the bottom right corner. The bottom of the image is labeled General Store / Alice Standish Buell" in pencil.

Artwork Details

Subject Place

Town

Plymouth

County

Windsor County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Associated American Artists (1934-2000)

Made/Created

Artist

Buell, Alice Standish (1892-1960)

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Print

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

6-9/16 in

Width

9-3/16 in

Interpretative Labels

Label

Buell studied art at Oberlin College and at the Art Student's League in New York City. She lived for a time in Woodstock, Bermont. This print is of the general store in Plymouth, VT.