Camp Dix, NJ

Date1918

Artist John Strek (b. 1893)

OriginAmerica, New Jersey, Pemberton Township

MediumWatercolor, ink and pencil on paper

DimensionsFramed: 18 1/2 × 23in.
Sight: 16 3/4 × 21 1/2in.

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number2023.302.1

DescriptionLandscape scene depicting Camp Dix in its earliest stages with barracks, exercise yards, military police headquarters, small prison yard, motorcycles, and other vehicles. The work is inscribed “Camp Dix, NJ” along the top margin and “Sixth Battalion M.P.” in the lower margin. In the lower right corner of the composition the piece is signed, “Bug. John Strek / Co. 23 6th Battalion / Nov. 19, 1918”Inscription(s)The work is inscribed “Camp Dix, NJ” along the top margin and “Sixth Battalion M.P.” in the lower margin.Provenance2013-2023, purchased by H. Marshall Goodman, Jr. [1943-present] (Richmond, VA) from Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates, Mt. Crawford, VA, November 16, 2013, Lot 456; 2023-present, purchased by The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA) from Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates, Mt. Crawford, VA, September 23, 2023, Lot 1233