Color photograph, signed and titled lower margin, matted and framed.

This photograph is a view from Joe Rowand's home in Chapel Hill, Fairmount, that was built in 2003.

Frame dimensions 32 x 31 1/2 in.

From the Estate of the late Joseph D. Rowand, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Joe Rowand was instrumental in developing a contemporary art scene in North Carolina. After studying in New York City at Parsons, he brought the big city art feel to Chapel Hill, North Carolina when he opened Somerhill Gallery in 1972. His gallery served as an epicenter for collectors and artists to gather and grow for over thirty years.

A native of Hillsborough, North Carolina, Elizabeth Matheson earned her BA from Sweet Briar College and later studied at the Penland School of Crafts with John Menapace. Solo exhibitions of her work have been installed at Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia, the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, the North Carolina Museum of Art, Duke University, Western Carolina University, the National Humanities Center, and the Gregg Museum at North Carolina State University. Her work is in the collections of Duke University, the Ackland Art Museum Museum, the North Carolina Museum of Art, among many others. In 2004, she was awarded the North Carolina Award for Excellence in the Arts, the State's highest civilian honor.

Good estate condition; not examined out of frame.