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According to Larry Len Peterson, “One of Goodwin’s favorite pastimes was canoeing. Close to home, he paddled the waters around Mamaroneck, New York, and on his frequent sketching trips he seldom missed an opportunity to spend time on the water. One often finds Goodwin’s paintings depicting canoe travel as the mode of transportation. Within some paintings, a canoe affords a leisure means of getting from one location to another, but often the trip becomes more daring as canoeists paddle down perilous rapids.”

PROVENANCE:
The Artist
Brown & Bigelow, St. Paul, Minnesota
The Estate of Earl Brown, St. Paul, Minnesota
Present owner, by descent, 1964

LITERATURE:
Larry Len Peterson, Philip R. Goodwin, America’s Sporting & Western Artist (Hayden, ID and Tucson, AZ: The Coeur d’Alene Art Auction and Settlers West Galleries, 2001), pages 269 and 279, illustrated prints

Condition ReportOriginal canvas. Surface condition is excellent. Several hairline cracks in sky, near upper-right corner. No signs of restoration.

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