WILLIAM POSEY SILVA (1859-1948) Cabins by the Swamp, South Carolina,...
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE TRUST, LOS ANGELES
WILLIAM POSEY SILVA (1859-1948)
Cabins by the Swamp, South Carolina, Low Country
signed and dated 'WILLIAM P. SILVA / 1933' (lower right) and inscribed with title and signed and dated again (on the reverse)
oil on board
30 x 36 in. (76.2 x 91.4 cm.)
Painted in 1933.
Footnotes
Provenance
Private collection, California.
Bequest to the present owner from the above.
Exhibited
Southern States Art League, Fourteenth Annual Exhibition.
Southern States Art League, Twelfth Circuit Exhibition of the Southern States Art League, April 2-12, 1935, no. 33, and elsewhere.
Literature
"Southern Art League Exhibition is Featured at Centennial Club. Forty Canvases Include Three Honor Winning Paintings. Clarence Stagg Among the Artists Represented-League Will Have Annual Exhibition at the Parthenon in 1935," Nashville Banner, Tennessee, May 13, 1934, vol. LIX, no. 34, third sec., p. 3.
"Southern Work Featured in Exhibit Opened Friday at Centennial Club," The Nashville Tennessean, May 13, 1934, vol. 28, no. 611, p. 4.
J.F. Rothermel, "Music and Art Notes," The Birmingham News, Alabama, July 15, 1934, no. 45, social sec., p. 6.
"Picture to Be Shown," The Montgomery Advertiser, Alabama, August 26, 1934, vol. CVI, no. 238, p. 24.
"Macon Art Association Opens Southern Artists' Exhibition," The Macon Telegraph, Georgia, October 4, 1934, vol. CVIII, no. 312, p. 6.
"Art Exhibit Will Attract Patrons to Library Today," The Macon Telegraph and News, Georgia, October 7, 1934, no. 119, p. 9. (as Cabin by the Swamp).
"Southern Art Exhibit is to Open on Dec. 9. Oils, Water Colors and Etchings Selected From Works Shown in Memphis Last April to Be Here.," The Houston Chronicle, Texas, December 2, 1934, vol. 34, no. 50, society and clubs sec., p. 7.
S.B. Mummert, "Southern States Art League Pictures on View at Library," Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas, April 7, 1935, no. 66, p. 7.
"Southern States Art Exhibition April 18-30," The Shreveport Times, Louisiana, April 14, 1935, vol. LXII, no. 315, sec. B, p. 4.
E. Hutson, "Art in New Orleans: Delgado Museum," The Morning Tribune, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 10, 1935, vol. 11, no. 145, p. 12.
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE TRUST, LOS ANGELES
WILLIAM POSEY SILVA (1859-1948)
Cabins by the Swamp, South Carolina, Low Country
signed and dated 'WILLIAM P. SILVA / 1933' (lower right) and inscribed with title and signed and dated again (on the reverse)
oil on board
30 x 36 in. (76.2 x 91.4 cm.)
Painted in 1933.
Footnotes
Provenance
Private collection, California.
Bequest to the present owner from the above.
Exhibited
Southern States Art League, Fourteenth Annual Exhibition.
Southern States Art League, Twelfth Circuit Exhibition of the Southern States Art League, April 2-12, 1935, no. 33, and elsewhere.
Literature
"Southern Art League Exhibition is Featured at Centennial Club. Forty Canvases Include Three Honor Winning Paintings. Clarence Stagg Among the Artists Represented-League Will Have Annual Exhibition at the Parthenon in 1935," Nashville Banner, Tennessee, May 13, 1934, vol. LIX, no. 34, third sec., p. 3.
"Southern Work Featured in Exhibit Opened Friday at Centennial Club," The Nashville Tennessean, May 13, 1934, vol. 28, no. 611, p. 4.
J.F. Rothermel, "Music and Art Notes," The Birmingham News, Alabama, July 15, 1934, no. 45, social sec., p. 6.
"Picture to Be Shown," The Montgomery Advertiser, Alabama, August 26, 1934, vol. CVI, no. 238, p. 24.
"Macon Art Association Opens Southern Artists' Exhibition," The Macon Telegraph, Georgia, October 4, 1934, vol. CVIII, no. 312, p. 6.
"Art Exhibit Will Attract Patrons to Library Today," The Macon Telegraph and News, Georgia, October 7, 1934, no. 119, p. 9. (as Cabin by the Swamp).
"Southern Art Exhibit is to Open on Dec. 9. Oils, Water Colors and Etchings Selected From Works Shown in Memphis Last April to Be Here.," The Houston Chronicle, Texas, December 2, 1934, vol. 34, no. 50, society and clubs sec., p. 7.
S.B. Mummert, "Southern States Art League Pictures on View at Library," Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas, April 7, 1935, no. 66, p. 7.
"Southern States Art Exhibition April 18-30," The Shreveport Times, Louisiana, April 14, 1935, vol. LXII, no. 315, sec. B, p. 4.
E. Hutson, "Art in New Orleans: Delgado Museum," The Morning Tribune, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 10, 1935, vol. 11, no. 145, p. 12.
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