Front Door and Flower Beds

Artist Henry Thomas Gulick

Period1947

MediumOil on masonite

Dimensions15 × 20 in. (38.1 × 50.8 cm)

SignedSigned on reverse, "H. T. G. July '47."

ClassificationsLandscapes & Still Life

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Henry G. Gulick, 2017

Object number2017.2.11

DescriptionTwo oval flower beds in the foreground surrounded by grass. The first floor of a brown-painted house appears behind them, with the front door or main entrance flanked on the right by two windows, and on the left by a lower wing with large windows and a second door. The trim of the structure is painted white. Two cast iron urns in front of the wing entrance contain blooming flowers. There are many foundation plantings, some in bloom, and more flowering bushes on the right edge of the painting.
Curatorial RemarksOne of the earliest Gulick paintings executed in oil on prepared masonite, which he began using instead of carboard in June of 1947.NotesThe front door of the Gulick farmhouse on Holland Road in Middletown, Monmouth County, also depicting front yard plantings.

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