Original modern Signed Richard Morin Watercolor Painting entitled "Door" and dated 1960.  Medium is watercolor on paper done in an Impressionist style.  Well done with gentle, smooth colors that blend well.  Interesting topic focusing on a building door with a "For Sale" sign hung next to it.  Inserted in front of frame glass in bottom right is a tag describing the piece.  

In Excellent condition; clean and bright; well preserved with no damage or wear.  Protected behind glass, matted and framed in a handsome modern wormwood frame which I would date original to the piece and the 1960s.  Frame in Good condition with some gentle staining to the base; matting exhibits gentle toning; displays very handsomely!

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

INTRODUCTION

"The Dartmouth College Library acquired the bulk of the Papers of Richard W. Morin after Morin's death in 1988 as the gift of his daughters, Joan Morin Stevenson and Sarah and Anne Morin. Certain other items, such as the manuscript and source materials for Morin's study of the Dartmouth College Case, and papers connected with the United Nations Conference on International Organization, were gifts to the Library during Richard Morin's lifetime. All of the materials were recently processed into one body of papers. A small collection, it is, nevertheless, a rich record of the long and useful life of the fourteenth Librarian of Dartmouth College.

Richard Wedge Morin was born December 11, 1902 in Albert Lea, Minnesota. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1924, and from Harvard Law School in 1928. He joined the State Dept. the same year, and served as Vice Consul at Paris and as Foreign Service Officer in Washington, D.C. until 1935, when he returned to Albert Lea to practice law. Morin returned to the State Dept. in the Division of Public Liaison from 1942-1945, acting as Chief of the Division from 1944-1945. He helped arrange the United Nations Conference on International Organization at San Francisco in 1945; it was then he grew to know and to admire John Sloan Dickey, soon to become President of Dartmouth College. The two men kept in touch, and in 1948, Morin was appointed Executive Officer of Dartmouth College; in 1950 he was promoted to Librarian of the College, a position he kept until his retirement in 1968.

While working in Washington, D.C., Richard Morin became interested in art; he studied painting there, and, in Hanover, worked with artist Paul Sample to improve his watercolor technique. He exhibited many of his paintings at area galleries. Another of Morin's enthusiasms was duck hunting, a passion shared with President John Dickey. The two often enjoyed hunting trips together, or with other friends.

Morin was also an active member of the Class of 1924. He edited the class newsletter, 24 Hour Notice, for several years in the 1950s, helped arrange class reunions, acted as class agent, and in his later years, served on the Alumni Council from 1984-1987. He was recognized by the Alumni Fund in 1985 for 60 continuous years of contributions. Perhaps his most enduring legacy to the College, however, is his study of the Dartmouth College Case, published in 1969, entitled Will To Resist: The Dartmouth College Case.

The Papers of Richard W. Morin occupy 7 boxes, or approximately 12.0 linear feet of shelf space. The materials consist of articles, correspondence, clippings, pamphlets, reports, photographs, speeches, transcripts, books, notes, and many other items. Scholars interested in the Dartmouth College Case will find the Morin collection a rich deposit of source materials. The small section of papers on the United Nations Conference contains complete transcripts of the consultants' meetings from May 23-June 16, 1945, and the State Dept. materials are also interesting and important.

Lawyer, foreign service officer, artist, academic librarian and loyal Dartmouth alumnus -- Richard Morin has left a rich legacy in this small gem of a collection.

Further information concerning Richard W. Morin may be found in Special Collections in the Dartmouth College Library."

Painting measures 14 1/8" x 20 1/2" and the frame measures 31 1/2" x 25 1/4" x 7/8" thick.

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