Old Maude Bows to the Virginia Creeper, Green Cove, Virginia
Artist
O. Winston Link
(American, 1914-2001)
CultureAmerican
Date1956
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 15 1/2 × 19 5/16 in. (39.4 × 49.1 cm)
Overall, Paper: 16 × 19 13/16 in. (40.6 × 50.3 cm)
Overall, Mat: 25 × 28 in. (63.5 × 71.1 cm)
Overall, Paper: 16 × 19 13/16 in. (40.6 × 50.3 cm)
Overall, Mat: 25 × 28 in. (63.5 × 71.1 cm)
InscribedSigned and dated by the artist in pencil on the verso of the print. Artist's Studio stamp on the verso of the print.
Credit LineGift of Susan and David Goode
Object number2022.31.19
On View
Not on viewLabel TextO. Winston Link American (1914-2001) OLD MAUDE BOWS TO THE VIRGINIA CREEPER Green Cove, Virginia, 1956 L2004.11.54 Without a doubt, "Old Maude," is Winston Link's most popular photograph made during daylight hours. Although many of Link's photographs were carefully set up, old Maude, with her sledge load of oak stove wood, just happened along as the train was approaching, and Link took advantage of the situation. He asked brothers Gene and Roy Hampton who were hauling the wood to the family's farm nearby, to wait a few minutes for the train. Maude is remembered for her gentleness and patience, but she was growing restless and began to bob her head as the train arrived. In the background, Gary Clark stands near Gene Hampton, while Janet Farmer stands near the door, Fay Luther leans against the porch post with Brenda Luther between them. Sandy, W. M. Buchanan's dog, sits in the doorway. The Green Cove station remains today, a rest stop on the Virginia Creeper Trail, a walking and bicycling path extending from Abingdon, Virginia, to the North Carolina border, a distance of about 34 miles. This is the black and white version of an identical photograph in color. Edited By: DS Approved By: MHM Approval Date: 07/25/2005ProvenanceRobert Mann Gallery to Susan and David Goode to CMA.Exhibition History"Norfolk and Western Railway Photographs by O. Winston Link," Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photography Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., July 1 - December 31, 2005. Published ReferencesGhost Trains: Railroad Photographs of the 1950s (Norfolk: Chrysler Museum, 1983). This booklet accompanied the exhibition of Link's works at the Chysler. It includes some of Link's recordings on an 8" 33 RPM and data on all the photos. Night Tick by O. Winston Link: Photographs of the Norfolk and Western Railway, 1955-60 (London: The Photographers' Gallery, 1983) Tim Hansley and O. Winston Link, Stream, Steel, and Stars: America's Last Steam Railroad (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1987) Anthony Korner, "The Night Owl," Artforum 27, no. 27, no. 9 (May 1989): 141-146 O. Winston Link and Thomas H. Garver, The Last Steam Railroad in America, (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1995)
