Hills of Kelp

Louis Oscar Griffith
Circa 1929
Oil on canvas
30 x 34 inches

Other Information
Framed dimensions: 34 1/2 x 38 1/2 inches
Inscription: Signed lower right
Provenance: John C. Shaffer, purchased out of the 1930 Hoosier Salon Exhibition; Private Collection, Chicago, Illinois (by descent, originally acquired 1943); Private Collection, Zionsville, Indiana (purchased from the former, January, 2020).
Exhibited: Picture Galleries, Marshall Field & Company, Chicago, Illinois, "1930 Hoosier Salon," January 27–February 12, 1930 (100), Outstanding Picture of the Exhibition (Best in Show), John C. Shaffer Prize ($500); Nashville, Indiana, Brown County Art Gallery, "Collectors' Showcase 2024, Hoosier Salon Centennial: Art From the Heartland," October 5–November 10, 2024.
Literature: "The Indianapolis Star” January 28, 1930, p. 3; illustrated in the catalog accompanying the above Collectors' Showcase exhibition, p. 20 (color).
Arguably the artist's best and most significant picture. In untouched original condition and retaining its fine original Newcomb-Macklin style frame. Depicts an early settlement that was located in what is now the Brown County State Park.