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Description: - signed again, dated 1909 and inscribed with title on an old label attached to the stretcher - - oil on canvas26 x 31 in. (66 x 78.7 cm.)PROVENANCEKraushaar Galleries, New YorkSummer Hotel was executed at a turning point in William Glackens' career in 1909. It was not only an exciting time for Glackens, but a fascinating and transitional period for the whole of American Art.Early in 1908, Glackens seemed frustrated with much of his work and was fairly pessimistic regarding the opening of the upcoming exhibition of The Eight at the Macbeth Galleries. He wrote at this time "I am already sick of the damn exhibition. There has been too much talk about it. I will probably fall very flat. In my effort to fix my pictures up so far I have only succeeded in spoiling them." Thankfully, Glackens' pessimism was unfounded and the exhibition of the Eight was well received. In fact, there are reports that as many as three hundred people an hour poured through the Macbeth Galleries.Although Glackens failed to sell any of his pictures at the exhibition, he gained some much needed encouragement and reassurance in his own work. This new found confidence gave him the impetus to experiment with new ideas. Summer Hotel, 1909, is one of the artist's early investigations with Impressionism and was probably painted in Gloucester, an area which Glackens and other artists used for inspiration.ERRATA Lot 150: This picture was painted in New Castle, New Hampshire.