Oil on paper, signed at lower right, matted and framed under glass.

Frame dimensions 25 1/8 x 35 1/8 in.

From the Estate of the late Thomas and Pamela Wright, Delaware and New York

Bruce Mitchell was born in Scotland but spent most of his life in Pennsylvania. He was a jazz musician and enjoyed painting musicians as they performed. In the 1930s he painted several murals for US post offices. During WWII he served as an artist war correspondent for LIFE magazine. Following the war, he taught at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.

Crease to edge of sheet in upper right quadrant (minor and not detracting); four small dark spots to sky above hill to right of red barn; very minor accretions in lower left corner; not examined out of the frame.