The Art of Virginia Strom Precourt
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Study for "Garden Parties"
Pencil on paper
18” x 18”
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Studies for "Garden Parties" For 30 years, beginning in the mid-’70s, Virginia Strom
Precourt had a clear vision of a celebration of the youth, color, and energy of
the Boston Public Garden. The focal point would be a young woman sitting on the
edge of a bridge that interrupts the path from Arlington Street to Charles
Street. Early on, she found the right posture for that individual, but kept
changing out her clothes, her expression, even her face. A series of pencil
drawings that carry the “Garden Party” theme was created at different times and
demonstrated that she never wanted to move too far from what she had hoped would
be her richest work. Characters who she wanted to join the Garden Party would
come to mind and she’d interrupt whatever else she was doing to capture them on
paper. She would describe her vision for this master work in specific terms, but
never committed to a formal design. It always was a work in progress.
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