It is safe to say that any time the Spy notices a reference to the Mid-Shore, and in particular, South Street in Easton, in one of the great international art museums of the world, our instinct is to investigate.
And that was certainly the case when the Spy learned first-hand that three sketches of South Street and Dutchman's Lane by the late artist Anne Truitt opens her major exhibition, In the Tower: Anne Truitt, at the National Gallery of Art. These simple drawings, with such notes of where Mr. Lockwood's hardware store or Dr. Stevens office were located, were actually used as a gateway to her childhood memories for one of America's most original and important sculptors during the 20th Century.
The Spy grabbed just a few Eastern Shore highlights from a recent conversation between the show's curator, James Mayer, and Truitt's daughter, Alexandra, at the National Gallery of Art last November to share with our readers.
