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Garden Gate, Near Ascain #7
Garden Gate, Near Ascain #7 is an oil painting by the American Impressionist artist Anne Goldthwaite. It dates from 1912 and is held in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Subject & Meaning
The work’s iconography is limited to the garden and gate motifs, which were common subjects in early twentieth‑century American painting.
The painting shows a garden gate situated near the town of Ascain, a locale referenced in its title. According to the catalog entry, the composition features a garden scene framed by a gate, rendered in oil on canvas. The depiction emphasizes the natural environment and a modest architectural element, suggesting an everyday landscape observation rather than a symbolic narrative.
The work’s iconography is limited to the garden and gate motifs, which were common subjects in early twentieth‑century American painting.
Technique & Style
Garden Gate, Near Ascain #7 is an oil painting executed on a canvas support. Created in 1912 by Anne Goldthwaite, the work measures 61.2 cm in height and 45.7 cm in width. The painting depicts a garden scene featuring a gate, rendered in the artist's characteristic oil medium.
As a canvas-based oil work from the early twentieth century, it represents the artist's engagement with landscape subjects during this period.
History & Provenance
Garden Gate, Near Ascain #7 was painted by Anne Goldthwaite in 1912, as indicated by the work’s inscription and the artist’s dated entries from that year.
The painting entered the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where it is currently held. Its dimensions are recorded as 61.2 cm in height and 45.7 cm in width.
Garden Gate, Near Ascain #7, an oil painting by Anne Goldthwaite completed in 1912, is held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art as part of the museum's collection.
The work is catalogued within the Metropolitan Museum of Art's holdings, where it remains part of the institution's permanent collection of paintings.
No specific exhibition history is documented in the available sources beyond its inclusion in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection.
Overview
Anne Goldthwaite's Garden Gate, Near Ascain #7, an oil painting from 1912, presents a verdant landscape scene. This work captures a specific garden entrance, rendered with a focus on natural elements. It is part of the collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, representing a moment in the artist's career.
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Anne Goldthwaite was an American painter and printmaker and an advocate of women's rights and equal rights.
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