Discovery--Studio Paintings, Furn & Dec
Description:
Charlotte Harrington Scott (American, b. 1905-1963)
Cape Cod Harbor Scene/Probably Wellfleet, Massachusetts.
Signed and dated "Charlotte H. Scott/1938" in pencil l.r.
Watercolor and graphite on paper, sight size 14 3/8 x 21 1/2 in., unframed.
Condition: Foxing, taped to window mat.
Provenance: Through the collection of the artist.
N.B. Charlotte Harrington Scott was active in the Worcester and Wellfleet, Massachusetts areas from the 1930s to 1960s. Scott was a life-long Massachusetts resident, with the exception of two years studying in Paris, a year in Munich studying under Hans Hofmann, and a summer at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Fontainbleau. (1)
1. "Charlotte Scott, Art Teacher in City Schools," Worcester Daily Telegram, October 29, 1963.
Estimate $200-400