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John Henry Twachtman American, 1853-1902 Road Scene, 1890s Pastel and charcoal on paper 7 x 10 1/8 inches Provenance: J. Alden Weir By descent through the family to daughter, G. Page Ely (nee Caroline Weir), Old Lyme, CT By descent through the family to private collection Exhibited: New York, Spanierman Gallery, LLC, John Twachtman: A "Painter's Painter", May 4-Jun. 24, 2006, no. 73; traveled to; Greenwich, CT, The Historical Society of the Town of Greenwich, Jul. 13-Oct. 29, 2006, pp. 226-27 color illus. New York, Spanierman Gallery, LLC, John Henry Twachtman: Seeing Abstractly-Works on Paper and Small Oils, Dec. 15, 2011-Jan. 14, 2012, no. 9, p. 5 color illus. Literature: Lisa N. Peters. John Twachtman: A "Painter's Painter". Exh. cat. New York: Spanierman Gallery, LLC, 2006, pp. 226-27 color illus. (no. 73) Lisa N. Peters, John Henry Twachtman: Seeing Abstractly-Works on Paper and Small Oils, online exh. cat. (New York: Spanierman Gallery, LLC, 2011), http://www.spanierman.com/PDF-catalogue-books/John-H-Twachtman-Seeing-Abstractly-2011.pdf, accessed March 1, 2012, p. 5 color illus., no. 9. This pastel will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonne of the work of John Henry Twachtman by Lisa N. Peters, Ph.D. and Ira Spanierman. John Twachtman enjoyed carrying his drawing materials and etching plates on his rambles through the countryside during the years that he lived in Connecticut from the late 1880s through the 1890s. In this quickly rendered scene, probably created either in Branchville or Greenwich, Connecticut, he used just a few lines and shading to convey the presence of sunlight and shadow on an open road while through the angled perspective and the directional force of his chalks, he expressed a sense of forward movement. This drawing belonged to Twachtman's close friend J. Alden Weir, perhaps a recollection of strolls the two artists had taken together. C The Spanierman Gallery, LLC