The Iris Road

T.C. Steele
1919
Oil on canvas mounted on masonite
30 x 40 inches

Other Information

Inscription: Signed and dated lower right
Provenance: Perine Family Collection, Indianapolis, Indiana; Dan Kraft and Marci Royalty Collection, Carmel, Indiana (purchased from James R. Ross Fine Art, February, 2021).
Exhibited: Richmond, Indiana, Public Art Gallery, Richmond Art Association, "23rd Annual Exhibition of Paintings by Indiana Artists," January 11–February 9, 1920 (54); Indianapolis, Indiana, John Herron Art Institute, "13th Annual Exhibition of Works by Indiana Artists," March 7–April 4, 1920 (123, $350); Indianapolis, Indiana, John Herron Art Institute, "Paintings By Theodore C. Steele," December 5–December 26, 1920 (44); Muncie, Indiana, Muncie Central High School Art Department, "Indiana Art Exhibition," February 17–February 26, 1922; Logansport, Indiana, Logansport Art Association, "Indiana Art Exhibition," March 28–April 4, 1922; Nashville, Indiana, Brown County Art Gallery, "Theodore Clement Steele: Indiana’s Master Impressionist from Munich to Brown County," July 19–September 20, 2026.
Literature: Illustrated in the catalog accompanying the last listed above exhibition, p. 79, and on the cover.
Features as its subject the artist's home The House of the Singing Winds." Superior quality 22K gold gilt period-style and carved frame.
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