"Resting": Interior Scene with Seated Woman Gazing out of a Window

J. Alden Weir

after 1882

Charcoal on board

New York Historical

A woman in a light-colored jacket sits in a chair, looking out a window. A hat rests on her lap. A woman in a light-colored jacket sits in a chair, looking out a window. A hat rests on her lap. American impressionist painter J. Alden Weir purchased a farm in rural Branchville (Ridgefield), Connecticut, in 1882. The summer retreat became a creative refuge for friends and fellow artists such as Albert Pinkham Ryder, John Twachtman, and Childe Hassam. This charcoal drawing was executed at Weir's Branchville farm. Object number INV.14830