Quiet House in Snow, Oil on Board Painting Museum of Modern Art Arp circa 1950-60 I believe

circa 1950-60 I believe

Smiley went on to major in painting at Sarah Lawrence College where she received her BA in 1946

Blank on the back

little dog with stick legs on leash beside him trying hard to keep up

2 1/2" long x 7/16" wide x 5/8" tall

Quiet House in Snow, Oil on Board Painting Museum of Modern Art Arp circa 1950-60 I believeA wintery landscape just in time for spring! I really like this painting, though, and looking at the snow blanketed farm house makes me appreciate the emergence of green all the more. It's not a finely painted painting, but I find it exactly right conveying the quiet beauty and also isolation of winter without a brushstroke more than is needed, but with this big yellow rising sun (I assume it is a sun) locating it at a moment in time, and with the