Master Burnham1831–1832Sheet: 27 1/2 x 19 " (69.9 x 48.3 cm)
Frame: 34 x 25 1/2 x 1 3/8 " (86.4 x 64.8 x 3.5 cm)Watercolor, gouache, pencil, and ink on paperGift of Ralph Esmerian2013.1.1301547844016P1.2001.262013.24.13Samuel A. ShuteRuth W. ShuteDrawingsThe American Folk Art Museum believes this work to be in the public domain.Music book inscribed, pen and ink: HEBRON. L.M.| WARD L.M. Thus far the Lord hath / led me on.LowellLowellUnited StatesMassachusettsWorks on PaperLowellRobert Bishop, Folk Painters of America, New York (E.P. Dutton: 1979) 37.
Maine Antiques Digest (July 1978) 1-B.
Antique Monthly (June 1978) 11B
Rita Reif, "Auctions," The New York Times (April 21, 1978).
The New York Times (November 13, 1979).Portrait of young boy wearing blue frock standing under overarching tree in landscape with rose bush to RS. [p] right hand reaching down to pet small dog standing on hind legs, left hand crossed in front at waist and holding whip.In contrast to the small, drab-color portraits of the Burnhams, the Shutes’ likeness of the surviving Burnham son is in beautiful transparent blues and on the large scale more usually associated with their work. A flourishing rosebush next to the boy stands in poignant comparison to the fallen roses and wreath in the mourning piece for his sister.
Stacy C. Hollander, “Master Burnham,” exhibition label for Self-Taught Genius: Treasures from the American Folk Art Museum. Stacy C. Hollander and Valérie Rousseau, curators. New York: American Folk Art Museum, 2014.
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To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.orgP1.2001.262013.24.1318311832 2013 1 13 Portrait of young boy wearing blue frock standing under overarching tree in landscape with rose bush to RS. [p] right hand reaching down to pet small dog standing on hind legs, left hand crossed in front at waist and holding whip.In contrast to the small, drab-color portraits of the Burnhams, the Shutes’ likeness of the surviving Burnham son is in beautiful transparent blues and on the large scale more usually associated with their work. A flourishing rosebush next to the boy stands in poignant comparison to the fallen roses and wreath in the mourning piece for his sister.
Stacy C. Hollander, “Master Burnham,” exhibition label for Self-Taught Genius: Treasures from the American Folk Art Museum. Stacy C. Hollander and Valérie Rousseau, curators. New York: American Folk Art Museum, 2014.
Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.
To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org