Hunter's Cabin Door (Primary Title)
Theodore Roosevelt's Cabin Door (Former Title)
Richard La Barre Goodwin, American, 1840 - 1910 (Artist)
Along with William Harnett and John Peto, Goodwin was a leading practitioner of trompe-l’oeil still-life painting at the end of the 19th century. Known for his illusionary compositions of wild game hanging upon rustic doors, Goodwin was an active sportsman who—as he wrote to this painting’s first owner— enjoyed the “shooting and fishing grounds.” In 1905, the actual door from Theodore Roosevelt’s hunting cabin was exhibited in Oregon during the centennial celebration of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Paying homage to that popular president, Goodwin produced and exhibited Theodore Roosevelt’s Cabin Door, a painting strikingly similar to this earlier canvas. Both works evoke the abundance of the nation’s wilderness regions, the preservation of which became one of Roosevelt’s most cherished causes.
signed on envelope: "Monsieur R. LaBarre Goodwin"
Adolph D. and Wilkins C. Williams Fund
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