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The Dark Wood Saugatuck

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This is a lithograph print made by Thomas Eddy Tallmadge, a prominent prairie style architect. It depicts a dark wooded scene with a body of water off in the horizon in Saugatuck. This could be of any lake, but is most likely to be of the Ox-Bow lagoon, as this is where Tallmadge spent a lot of his time while around town in the summer. Tallmadge bought a large parcel of wooded land as an addition onto the property of the Ox-Bow. The round spaces between tree branches in this print suggest sunlight shining through directed at the artist or viewer of the work. In the foreground there is a decaying log beneath a clearing, one that leads to the lake in the background. In bottom left corner the piece reads: "To Gertrude Hoodruff."
Print of a wooded scene in Saugatuck

2020.26.04

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The Dark Wood

Tallmadge, Thomas Eddy 1876-1940

AC bay 22 small works

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Thomas Eddy Tallmadge 1876 - 1940 The Dark Wood, Saugatuck c. 1920s | etching Notes: Tallmadge was born in Washington, D.C., but moved to Evanston, Illinois as a child.He earned a degree in Architecture in 1898 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.He taught at the Armour Institute in Chicago 1906-1926, and wrote extensively on architectural history. Tallmadge was instrumental in securing the property for the Ox-Bow School of Painting and later purchased a large tract of land surrounding the colony to prevent development. That area is now known as Tallmadge Woods. This etching is an example of Tallmadge’s competence as an etcher. *adapted from Kit Lane, “Painting the Town” Collection: Saugatuck Douglas History Center Gift of: Chris Spencer in memory of Charles Ashbrenner Accession: 2020.26.04

12/14/2020

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