A colour painting of the farmhouse of Arthur H. Goodenough, the elderly amateur press man and friend of Lovecraft living near Brattleboro…
From the auctioneer: “D. POWERS: PASTEL PAINTING OF A COLONIAL HOME IN BRATTLEBORO VT (GOODENOUGH FARM)”
From the same auctioneer: “BERT G. AKLEY, OIL ON ARTISTS BOARD OF AN INDIAN MAIDEN PADDLING A BIRCH BARK CANOE BY MOONLIGHT 1917”. This is by the rustic naif artist-recluse Bert Gilman Akley (1871-1946) who Lovecraft visited at his farm and who gave his name to Akeley in “The Whisperer in Darkness”. Although a local article suggests…
“For Akeley’s home, however, Lovecraft seems to have drawn from his experience visiting another isolated Vermonter, the poet Arthur Henry Goodenough.”
I am wondering if the farm house picture of the GoodEnough farm is for sale and how much?
If you look at the auctioneer’s Web link, given below the picture, you’ll see it was auctioned in 2007. You might then enquire with the auctioneer who sold it, with the aim of contacting the purchaser to see if they may have become tired of it and perhaps wish to sell.
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