Belfry Chamber, Beauport, the Sleepr-McCann House

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1937-1940

GUSN

GUSN-317242

Description

Framed watercolor showing corner of room with large Palladian window, Pembroke table, easy chair, and cane seated chair on hooked rug..

Details

Descriptive Terms

watercolors (paintings)
watercolor (paint)
paper (fiber product)
Painting
Painting

Label

The Hollister family maintained close ties to Beauport for many years. The artist's parents hired Sleeper to decorate their New York home and his grandmother rented the house for several summers after Sleeper's death. This image was painted by the artist from black and white photographs taken by his father.

Additional Identification Number

1400.2

Maker

Hollister, Paul M., 1918-2004 (Artist)

Dimensions

11 1/4 x 11 1/4 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Irene Hollister

Accession Number

2016.4.2

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