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Ruth Haviland Sutton (Massachusetts, 1891-1960), "The Village Church," oil on board, fully signed lower left, inscribed with title on the verso, measures 12x16 inches, overall 17.5x21.5 inches framed. CONDITION: Good. An inspired printmaker, pastel portraitist, and oil painter, Ruth Haviland Sutton first journeyed to Nantucket with her mother in 1924 to study with Frank Swift Chase. A core member of the Art Colony, Sutton occupied various waterfront studios, including the Choo Choo Studio on Steamboat Wharf, where she stayed with her mother in 1925. By 1936, she was a permanent island resident, working and exhibiting from the Scallop on Commercial Wharf in the summer and passing her winters in Harborview.