July 4–October 10, 2016
checklist
Booklet, Williamstown, the Village Beautiful (Motoring in the Berkshires), 1924 (Published by the Greylock Hotel, Main Street at North Street). Lent by Henry W. Art
Booklet, M.G. Sherman, A Day in Williamstown, 1915 (Published by the Forget-Me-Not Inn, Main Street off Southworth Street—structure still extant). Lent by Henry W. Art
Photograph, View of Stone Hill from the Thompson Memorial Chapel, photograph, mid-twentieth century. Lent by Williams College Archives
Photograph, View of Christmas Lake and Stone Hill, late nineteenth century. Lent by Williams College Archives
Photograph, View toward Williamstown Center from Stone Hill, late nineteenth century. Lent by Williams College Archives
Postcard, “Stone Hill Road, Williamstown, Mass,” c. 1907–15. Lent by Henry W. Art
Postcard, “Stone Hill Road, Williamstown Mass,” c. 1907–15. Lent by Henry W. Art
Postcard, “Stone Hill Road, Williamstown, Mass,” postmarked, 1906. Lent by Henry W. Art
Postcard, “Stone Hill Road, Williamstown, Mass,” postmarked, 1917. Lent by Henry W. Art
Postcard, “Stone Hill Road, Williamstown, Mass,” postmarked, 1914. Lent by Henry W. Art
Double postcard, “Williamstown from Stone Hill,” postmarked, 1907. Lent by Henry W. Art
Postcard, “View of Williamstown,” postmarked 1905. Lent by Henry W. Art
Postcard, “A Glimpse of the Village Williamstown, Mass,” postmarked 1913. Lent by Henry W. Art
Postcard, “Williamstown from Stone Hill,” postmarked 1909. Lent by Henry W. Art
Postcard, view of Williamstown with the Warren Estate in the foreground—now the Buxton School, early twentieth century. Lent by the Buxton School
Postcard, “The Greylock Range from Bee Hill, Williamstown, Mass,” c. 1901–07. Lent by Henry W. Art
Postcard, “Greylock Mountain and Hopper, Williamstown, Mass,” postmarked 1906. Lent by Henry W. Art
Postcard, “Greylock Mountain from Stone Hill, Williamstown, Mass,” c. 1898–1901. Lent by Henry W. Art
Postcard, “Grazing on the Green River Bank, Williamstown, Mass,” postmarked 1916. Lent by Henry W. Art
Postcard, “Four Corners and Petersburg Mountain, Williamstown, Mass,” postmarked 1915. Lent by Henry W. Art
Postcard, “Proctor Farm, Stone Hill Williamstown, Mass,” c. 1915–30. Lent by Henry W. Art
Maquette for sculpture of Georg Hegel's initial “H” designed by Mark C. Taylor. Courtesy of the artist
Mark C. Livingston, A Portraiture of Stone Hill, 1972. Paper poster, 53 x 40 1/2 in. (134.6 x 102.9 cm). The Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Mark C. Livingston, original drawing for center illustration of A Portraiture of Stone Hill, 1972. 32 x 26 in. (81.3 x 66 cm). Lent by Sheafe Satterthwaite
Mark C. Livingston, Topographic drawing of Stone Hill for A Portraiture of Stone Hill, 1972. 18 x 23 3/4 in. (45.7 x 60.3 cm). Courtesy of the draughtsman
Mark C. Livingston, Ruinous Farmscape drawing for A Portraiture of Stone Hill, 1972. framed 9 x 13 3/4 in. (22.9 x 34.9 cm). Courtesy of the draughtsman
NeXus video by Mark C. Taylor
George Yeomans, (American, 1833–1895), Williamstown, Mass. As seen from Stone Hill, 1855–56. Hand-colored lithograph, 15 3/8 x 26 in. (39.1 x 66 cm). Printed by P.S. Duval Co, Philadelphia, PA. Flynt Family Collection
Side-hill plow, c. 1910. Wood and metal. Lent by Hopkins Memorial Forest–Farm Museum
Mourning Cloak butterfly, Northwest Massachusetts, fall 2015. Private collection
John Barney Wright’s Sharps rifle (Sharps Rifle Manufacturing Company, Hartford, Connecticut), mid–late 19th century. Lent by the Berkshire Historical Society
Stone shards from an erratic, carbonate. Collected on Stone Hill, winter 2016
Stone wall, fieldstone replica of field walls built on Stone Hill, 1700s. Constructed by Mountain Home Landscape, spring 2016
Two-man saw, late nineteenth–early twentieth century. Metal and wood. Lent by Hopkins Memorial Forest–Farm Museum
Wildflowers, live plants. Cultivated on Stone Hill and elsewhere in Berkshire County
Cow skull, unearthed from Galusha Farm, Williamstown, Massachusetts. Lent by Mark C. Taylor
Sparrow songs, audio recordings and sonograms, Stone Hill, May 2015. Recorded by Heather Williams, Professor of Biology, Williams College
Proprietors Book of the west Township at Hoosuck, 1750–c. 1805, pen and ink in original binding. Lent by the town of Williamstown
Surveyor’s chain (Manufactured by W. & L.E. Gurley, Troy, NY), late nineteenth–early twentieth century. Steel and brass. Lent by Tom Merrill
Raccoon tracks, plaster cast, spring 2016
Panorama of grafted trees, Stone Hill Meadow, early twenty-first century. Photographed by Tucker Bair
Root ball, common buckthorn. Collected on Stone Hill, December 2015
Soil monoliths, collected on Stone Hill, 2015
Recovering Place: Reflecting on Stone Hill
By Mark C. Taylor
An illustrated book chronicling the land art and sculptures created by Mark C. Taylor at his home in the Berkshire hills, echoing themes found in the exhibition. Supported in part by Herbert A. Allen, Jr. and the Clark Art Institute and published by Columbia University Press. Call the Museum Store at 413 458 0520 to order.