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    U.S. Thread Company Mills, Willimantic, Connecticut, (painting).
    Artist: 
    Weir, Julian Alden, 1852-1919, painter.
    Title: 
    U.S. Thread Company Mills, Willimantic, Connecticut, (painting).
    Other Titles: 
    Willimantic Thread Mill, (painting).
    Dates: 
    ca. 1893-1897.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Oil on canvas.
    Dimensions: 
    20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 60.9 cm).
    Inscription: 
    (Lower left:) J. Alden Weir signed
    Description: 
    Scene in Willimantic, Connecticut of the American Thread Company's gray granite buildings; a stone bridge crosses the Willimantic river.
    Subject: 
    Cityscape -- Connecticut -- Willimantic
    Cityscape -- River -- Willimantic River
    Architecture exterior -- Industry -- Mill
    Architecture exterior -- Industry -- American Thread Company
    Architecture -- Bridge
    Object Type: 
    Painting
    Owner: 
    National Gallery of Art, Fourth Street & Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia 20565 Accession Number: 1990.74.1
    Provenance: 
    Wickersham Gallery, New York, New York
    Carlen, Robert, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    Schoelkopf Gallery, New York, New York
    Gift of Horowitz, Raymond J., Mr. & Mrs., New York, New York
    Remarks: 
    Partial and promised gift to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. since 1990. Antiques, November 1965 issue reproduced painting under title: Willimantic Thread Mill.
    References: 
    Torchia, Robert Wilson, "American paintings of the nineteenth century; part 2," Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1998.
    Horowitz, Raymond J., 1993.
    Antiques (Mar. 1991): pg. 573.
    Boyle, Richard J., "American Impressionism," Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1974, pg. 96.
    Pilgrim, Dianne H., "American Impressionist and Realist Paintings and Drawings from the collection of Mr. & Mrs. Raymond J. Horowitz," New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1973.
    "American Impressionism and Realism: The Margaret and Raymond Horowitz Collection," Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1998, pg. 150.
    "Larkin, Susan G., "American Impressionism: The Beauty of Work," Greenwich, CT: Bruce Museum of Arts and Science, 2005, no. 35.
    Illustration: 
    Torchia, Robert Wilson, "American paintings of the nineteenth century; part 2," Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1998, pg. 229.
    Antiques (Mar. 1991): pg. 573.
    Pilgrim, Dianne H., "American Impressionist and Realist Paintings and Drawings from the collection of Mr. & Mrs. Raymond J. Horowitz," New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1973, pg. 75.
    Image on file.
    "American Impressionism and Realism: The Margaret and Raymond Horowitz Collection," Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1998, pg. 151.
    "Larkin, Susan G., "American Impressionism: The Beauty of Work," Greenwich, CT: Bruce Museum of Arts and Science, 2005, no. 35.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAP 81530022
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