Hobson Pittman (American, 1899-1972), Reclining Model VIII

Pencil on paper, circa 1960, from the series Sketches with Becky, retaining gallery label and document to the verso, framed under glass.

Sight size 8 x 9 1/2 in.; Frame dimensions 15 1/2 x 17 in.

Private Collection, Raleigh, North Carolina

Collection of Hobson Pittman
Collection of Alyce Weeks Gordon Patrick, niece of Hobson Pittman
Semi-permanent loan at Blount-Bridgers House Museum, Tarboro, North Carolina
Collection of Alyce Sewell, grand-niece of Hobson Pittman
Gallery C, Raleigh, North Carolina

Born in rural Edgecombe County, NC, Pittman moved to Pennsylvania in 1918. After several one-man shows in Philadelphia, he was represented in the 1933 exhibition "Painting and Sculpture from 16 American Cities" held at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, NY. A celebrated regionalist, Pittman exhibited extensively throughout his lifetime and beyond.

Pittman was particularly known for his depictions of quiet rooms, writing “rooms are wonder for me—I like rooms and doors and windows—Mystery shrouds them all—mystery not revealed or explained...” John Canaday, Art Editor of The New York Times, reveled in Pittman's interiors as being both "nostalgic and visionary," seemingly at once "still peopled by the remembered presences of romantic personages."


Good estate condition, not examined outside the frame.