Edge of the Village

Louis Oscar Griffith
Circa 1938
Oil on canvas
24 x 30 inches

Other Information
Framed dimensions: 28 1/4 x 34 1/4 inches
Inscription: Signed lower right
Provenance: Private Collection, Bloomington, Indiana; Robert W. Coy Collection, Chicago, Illinois (purchased through Eckert & Ross Fine Art, Indianapolis, April, 2020); Indianapolis, Indiana, Sale, Jacksons Auction & Real Estate Company, February 20, 2022, lot 2; Private Collection, Carmel, Indiana (purchased from the former).
Exhibited: Picture Galleries, Marshall Field & Company, Chicago, Illinois, "1939 Hoosier Salon," January 30–February 11, 1939 (101, label verso); Nashville, Indiana, Brown County Art Gallery, 2008 Collectors' Showcase, "L. O. Griffith: Brown County Pioneer, American Artist," October 4–5, 2008; Evansville, Indiana, Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Science, "C. Curry Bohm: Brown County and Beyond," February 27–June 12, 2022 (68); Nashville, Indiana, Brown County Art Gallery, "2022 Collectors' Showcase: Snowfall," October 1–November 13, 2022 (label verso); Garrett, Indiana, Garrett Museum of Art, "Early Brown County Artists," April 8–July 2, 2023 (label verso); Nashville, Indiana, Brown County Art Gallery, "Collectors' Showcase 2024, Hoosier Salon Centennial: Art From the Heartland," October 5–November 10, 2024 (label verso).
Literature: Illustrated in the catalog accompanying the above 2008 Collectors' Showcase exhibition, p. 10 (color); illustrated in the catalog accompanying the above 2022 Collectors' Showcase exhibition, p. 10 (color); illustrated in the catalog accompanying the above 2024 Collectors' Showcase exhibition, p. 20 (color).
One of the artist's finest pictures, and with an extensive exhibition history to prove it. Original frame.