Country Cottage is a small oil painting on board by New Yorker cover artist Arthur Getz. It depicts a cottage and its yard in the summer months, as seen from above. Apparently an example of art for art's sake, it was not intended for publication. I asked the artist's daughter Sarah Getz whether she could identify the location of this cottage.
She writes, "As for the cottage, that’s probably from Arthur’s Truro days, or some other summer visit situation. I don’t believe the scene is of Sharon / Cornwall; I think the piece is older than that. No special significance … I’m actually concerned about the integrity of that roof!"
Truro? Why, that's the Cape Cod town where New Yorker writer E. J. Kahn, Jr., kept his own summer place, complete with tennis court! Did the artist and the writer spend time together there? I had to ask.
Ms. Getz writes back, "So as for your question … I’m not positive about Kahn, but they must have hobnobbed. I think there were quite a few NYKR parties in Truro that Arthur begrudgingly attended, not being a party person himself. But I’ve no record of Arthur mentioning him, though I’m sure Arthur read his pieces on WW II, in which they both served."
So, there you have it. And it all started with an eBay listing:
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eBay Listing Ended April 23, 2018
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Note: Extended! “The Art of Arthur Getz: City & Country” is currently on view at the Hotchkiss Library in Sharon, CT. It was to close today, but has been extended to mid-August.
www.hotchkisslibrary.org
There's even more to see at “Covering New York: New Yorker Magazine Covers by Arthur Getz” now being exhibited at the Moviehouse Studio Gallery located in the Moviehouse, Millerton, NY, through August 28.
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