Object Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
1968.16.13 |
Object Name |
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Description |
Undated woodcut. Inscribed lower left, below image: Spring House at Pittman Farm Dr. A. Ross Pittman was a neuropsychiatrist and former medical missionary in India. Pittman took up printmaking in the 1936 as a hobby, and studied under George A. Bradshaw at the School of Industrial Arts in Trenton, New Jersey. A native Tennesseean, many of his prints have famous Tennessee sites as their subject. This print presumably depicts the Spring House on his family's farm. A Spring House is a small structure built over a spring to keep the water clean for drinking, and which was also used for refrigeration before the advent of ice delivery and eletric refrigeration. |
Title |
Spring House at Pittman Farm |
Date |
1940-1965 |
Role of Creator |
Artist |
Creator |
Pittman, A. Ross |
Medium |
woodcut |
Material |
paper |
Dimensions |
H-11.25 W-14.937 inches |
Credit line |
Gift of the artist |
Place of Origin |
US |
Subjects |
Architectural drawings Architecture Farm life Log buildings Rural Springhouses Tennessee |