Alexander Crane's Solo Show at the Munson Gallery
20 January - 7 February, 1942
The Munson Gallery, 275 Orange Street, New Haven, Connecticut
The 22 paintings shown at the Munson Gallery were all watercolors. Each was priced at $30. There was a black and white image of the painting "March Snow" on the front of the folded hand-out that accompanied the show. The house shown in "March Snow" was his home, known as Packet Mail, located at the top of the hill on Route 6A as one enters Barnstable village.
Titles of watercolor paintings, as listed in the folded hand-out that accompanied the show.
- The Goose Blind, 1939 August
- Connecticut Barnyard, 1941 April (sold on eBay in 2006)
- Trap Rock Quarry, 1941 August
- The Drunkard's House, 1941 May
- Evening Light, 1940 August
- Summer Bouquet, 1941 August
- Cyclamens, 1940 February
- Pink Peonies, 1939 June
- White Peonies, 1939 June
- Petunias, 1941 July
- Wash Day No Man's Land, 1940 July
- Twilight Beach No Man's Land, 1941
- Morning Light No Man's Land, 1940 August
- Enshrouding Fog No Man's Land, 1940 August
- Flying the Kite No Man's Land, 1941 July
- The Saw Mill, 1941 July
- Farmington Cornfield, 1940 October
- The Pig Stye, 1939 September
- Turnips and Grapes, 1941 December
- Barnstable Great Marsh, 1941 August
- March Snow, 1941 March (signed with Crane monogram, lower left)
- Anemomes (sic), 1941 February
It's clear from the list of 22 paintings in this show that the years 1939 - 1941 were prolific ones for Alexander Crane. From the image of "March Snow" on front of the show's hand-out, one can make out that it is signed with the Crane monogram. It is likely that the other paintings in the show were also signed either with a conjoined AC or with the Crane monogram, or both. (The Crane monogram consists of the painted image of a crane. It was usually accompanied by the conjoined initials AC.) If anyone knows the whereabouts of any of these paintings, the editor would appreciate hearing this information.