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Rae Sloan Bredin

The Lower Lock, New Hope, Pennsylvania

1917

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Rae Sloan Bredin (1880–1933). The Lower Lock, New Hope Pennsylvania, 1917. Oil on canvas, 30 x 36 in. Signed and dated lower right: R.S. Bredin 191[7]

Rae Sloan Bredin (1880–1933)
The Lower Lock, New Hope Pennsylvania, 1917
Oil on canvas, 30 x 36 in.
Signed and dated lower right: R.S. Bredin 191[7]

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Rae Sloan Bredin (1880–1933). The Lower Lock, New Hope Pennsylvania, 1917. Oil on canvas, 30 x 36 in. Signed and dated lower right: R.S. Bredin 191[7] (framed)

Rae Sloan Bredin (1880–1933)
The Lower Lock, New Hope Pennsylvania, 1917
Oil on canvas, 30 x 36 in.
Signed and dated lower right: R.S. Bredin 191[7]

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Rae Sloan Bredin (1880–1933). The Lower Lock, New Hope Pennsylvania, 1917. Oil on canvas, 30 x 36 in. Signed and dated lower right: R.S. Bredin 191[7]
Rae Sloan Bredin (1880–1933). The Lower Lock, New Hope Pennsylvania, 1917. Oil on canvas, 30 x 36 in. Signed and dated lower right: R.S. Bredin 191[7] (framed)

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Rae Sloan Bredin (1880–1933)
The Lower Lock, New Hope Pennsylvania, 1917
Oil on canvas, 30 x 36 in.
Signed and dated lower right: R.S. Bredin 191[7]

Provenance:  Estate of the artist; by descent in the family to private collection, Gloucester, Virginia

Exhibited: Doylestown, Pennsylvania, James A. Michener Art Museum, Rae Sloan Bredin: Harmony and Power, March 24 – July 15, 2018, p. 86

While many of the Pennsylvania Impressionists focused on painting winter landscapes, Bredin preferred to depict spring and summer scenes featuring multiple figures. The Delaware River and nearby canal provided inspiration for him throughout his time in New Hope. In The Lower Lock, New Hope PA, boats pass through New Hope along the Delaware Canal as spectators watch from the shore.

Similar works include After the Rain, c. 1913 (James. A. Michener Art Museum), Canal in Winter, 1917 (private collection), and Where the Canal Widens (private collection).

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