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M-289 James Godwin Scott Collection
This collection documents the career of James Godwin Scott (1931-2015), from the watercolors he produced in St. Louis of life along the Mississippi River - both urban and rural - and other scenes of the city's development, to the dramatic abstract acrylic paintings of his later career in Arizona. Accompanying the paintings are letters, clippings, sketchbooks and other paper ephemera related to the artist's career. A small selection of the paintings are digitized.
St. Louis Mercantile Library Art Museum
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- High Water, St. Louis Fuel
- Horizontal scene of St. Louis Fuel and boats on the river with a bridge in the background., Signed lower right: James Godwin Scott; Titled on reverse
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- Pushing Under MacArthur Bridge
- White boat under bridge., Signed lower left: James Godwin Scott
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- Soulard Market
- Horizontal scene of a crowd of people shopping at Soulard Market., Signed lower left: James Godwin Scott
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- Under MacArthur Bridge
- Horizontal landscape of a white boat under the MacArthur Bridge on the Mississippi River., Signed lower right: James Godwin Scott; Titled on reverse
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- Watermelons - Soulard Market
- Scene of a man carrying a watermelon at a farmers' market., Signed center right: James Godwin Scott
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- Weighing In, Soulard Market
- Horizontal scene of a woman in a pink hat shopping, and a merchang weighing produce on a scale at Soulard Market., Signed lower right: James Godwin Scott 1985, titled on reverse
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