Artist: Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887–1964)
Medium: Tempera on board
Signature: signed lower right, dated '19
Dimensions: 22in. h x 28in. w
Description:
"At dances, which followed all weddings, the music was usually a single fiddle, in Brecksville played by a popular mulatto gentleman. Within the home circle, Uncle Owen's wife, Aunt Frank, did the playing. As a child she had learned to hold the fiddle vertically on her knee, and she continued to do so throughout her life. She used to include in her repertoire such tunes as 'Haste to the Wedding,' 'Arkansas Traveler,' and 'Turkey in the Straw.' Once, the younger people took her to town to see a great violinist, but Uncle Owen said he preferred to hear his wife play, because the fellow started to play a good tune and never finished it." - Out in Brecksville
Galleon (verso)
Catalog #36
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Nude in Darkness, c. 1908 Frank Nelson Wilcox
Reading, c. 1908-10 Frank Nelson Wilcox
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Tumbrels Bowing in Prayer towards Notre Dame, 1910 Frank Nelson Wilcox
Blanchisseuse Leaving a Laundry Barge, Paris, France, c. 1910 Frank Nelson Wilcox
Mattress Renovators, Pont Neuf, Paris, France, c. 1910 Frank Nelson Wilcox
Children Playing, Luxembourg, 1910 Frank Nelson Wilcox
Sundown in Luxembourg, 1910 Frank Nelson Wilcox
Tour St. Germain L'Auxerrois, Paris, France, c. 1910-11 Frank Nelson Wilcox
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Gibraltar from the Ship, Southern Spain, c. 1910-11 Frank Nelson Wilcox
Engineman at Quarry, Berlin Heights, Ohio, c. 1910-16 Frank Nelson Wilcox