Jim Thorpe196823 3/4 x 23 3/4 "
Frame: 24 3/4 x 24 3/4 x 1 1/4 "Oil and tempera on MasoniteGift of Elizabeth Ross Johnson1985.35.310152909999Justin McCarthyPaintingsCopyright for this work is under review.in green paint lower left: 'JIM THORPE / J. McCARTHY / 1968'WeatherlyWeatherlyUnited StatesPennsylvaniaPaintingsWeatherlyObject 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.orgPAINTINGAccording to Sterling Strauser, this is a scene that McCarthy painted several times. He would pass through the town of Mauch Chunk on his way to Stroudsburg. His earlier, c.1965 version is titled "Mauch Chunk," the orginal name of the area. The name was changed to "Jim Thorpe," and this is reflected in this later version. The earlier painting is in in the collection of the Everhart Museum in Scranton, Pennsylvania.Abstract and colorful landscape sharply divided by blue river off center and winding into distance LS. Small town L of river with pink and white houses grouped haphazardly under mosaic of it. Blue and dark blue roofs; receding into greenery and smaller development towards UL in bright oranges and yellows. River flanked both sides by grey RR tracks. RS: greenery in foreground with town in distance suggested by orange and yellow dots. Trestle bridge across river in distance. Background with landscape of rolling hills. Very painterly with brushstrokes evident throughout. In box frame of stained pine, mitered corners. BACK: Held in place by wooden liner stapled and nailed to box frame.19681968 1985 35 31 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.orgPAINTINGAccording to Sterling Strauser, this is a scene that McCarthy painted several times. He would pass through the town of Mauch Chunk on his way to Stroudsburg. His earlier, c.1965 version is titled "Mauch Chunk," the orginal name of the area. The name was changed to "Jim Thorpe," and this is reflected in this later version. The earlier painting is in in the collection of the Everhart Museum in Scranton, Pennsylvania.Abstract and colorful landscape sharply divided by blue river off center and winding into distance LS. Small town L of river with pink and white houses grouped haphazardly under mosaic of it. Blue and dark blue roofs; receding into greenery and smaller development towards UL in bright oranges and yellows. River flanked both sides by grey RR tracks. RS: greenery in foreground with town in distance suggested by orange and yellow dots. Trestle bridge across river in distance. Background with landscape of rolling hills. Very painterly with brushstrokes evident throughout. In box frame of stained pine, mitered corners. BACK: Held in place by wooden liner stapled and nailed to box frame.