Windy Day (Two Children), now also known as From the Beach, is a formidable work, not only for its impressive size but also for the painterly strokes of rich color used to render a blustery afternoon on the coast. The children have enjoyed their day at the beach and are now heading home, with the girl watching carefully over her young charge as they traverse the hill. The wind picks up and she grasps her billowing cape while her blond companion looks straight to the viewer, his ruddy cheeks evincing the cooler temperatures compelling their retreat from the sandy shore.

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Provenance:

Knoedler Galleries, New York

To private collection, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, circa early 1970s

Eventually to Lagakos-Turak Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

To private collection, Villanova, Pennsylvania, by September 1997 to present

Inscription:

1. (on frame in newer ink) 22574-5 WINDY DAY
2. (on top stretcher in newer ink) 22574-5

Exhibitions:

1. 108th Annual Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, February 9 – March 30, 1913, as no. 228 Two Children (illus. in catalogue)
2. Show of the Unhung, Schneider-Anderson Building, New York, New York, January 1914 (exact dates unknown; the works in the show were ‘accepted but not hung’ in the Winter Exhibition of the National Academy of Design, 1913-1914)
3. (possibly) Special Exhibition of Paintings by Martha Walter, Cincinnati Art Museum, February 21 – March 10, 1914 (catalogue lists no. 1 as From the Beach)