As a member of the Salmagundi Club in New York, he also participated in several of its annual Thumb-box exhibitions, which began in 1908 and focused on works created en plein air measuring no larger than 16 x 20 inches. Carlson was awarded the Vezin Prize for the best sketch in 1912.

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Diminutive in size and rendered with the artist’s insightful use of subdued color, New Hampshire Village would have met the requirements for the Thumb-box exhibitions, though it is unknown if he ever exhibited it there. The painting effectively captures the cooler tones of midwinter in New England, with the lighter blue-gray snow and sky balanced by dark green pine trees, a distant forest, and hazy mountains.

Provenance:

Estate of the artist
With Vose Galleries, Boston, inventory no. C-252, circa 1978, when the gallery began representing Carlson’s estate
To private collection, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 1987 to present

Inscription:

(verso of board in marker) New Hampshire Village

Labels:

1). Partial previous Vose Galleries label, inventory no. C-252
2). Stamp verso: Vose Galleries of Boston / Picture Authentication / Registry: C-252 / Estate No: 388 / By John F.  Carlson, N.A. / 1874-1945