Beautiful pastel from twentieth-century Silvermine artist Carl Schmitt (1889-1989).

This piece is believed to have been done in the late 1930s or 1940s, after Schmitt’s return from Italy.

The barn had belonged to his father-in-law, Austin W. Lloyd, who died in 1922. Schmitt lived in the adjacent house with his family and mother-in-law.

Schmitt gifted this pastel to his close friend William Ryan.

Signed “Carl S.” at bottom right.

Image 14” x 17”.

Frame 26” x 29”.