Poster of Ernest Lawson's Newfoundland Coast, 1937
1937
20th Century
18 3/4 in. x 19 1/4 in.
Unidentified,
Object Type:
Work on Paper
Medium and Support:
Chromolithograph on paper
Credit Line:
Florence Griswold Museum; Gift of Mrs. Grafton Wiggins in memory of her husband.
Accession Number:
1981.92.2
A poster from the Salmagundi Club inscribed to: To Grafton Wiggins, from Samuel T. Shaw 1937. With over 50 signatures of artists in the lower margin.
Collector Samuel T. Shaw sponsored dinners in the club’s gallery for the winners of the purchase prize from the Salmagundi’s annual exhibition of oil paintings. In 1937, the award went to Ernest Lawson for Newfoundland Coast (ca. 1924, National Gallery of Canada). This poster signed by those who attended served as a souvenir from the evening.