About the Object
In Germany, from 1922–23, Hartley painted a series of Southwestern landscapes, which become known as his New Mexico Recollections, and include New Mexico Recollection, 1923 (2008.06.01) and New Mexico Recollection #14, c. 1923. which may in fact include references to the Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona.
Additional Information
New Mexico Recollection #12, in the Blanton Museum of Art, is a darker and somewhat sketchier take on the same imagined scene, with two logs in the foreground and a large hill in the middle, with large clouds churning overhead.
The Artist;
Estate of the Artist, Inv. #127E; #120;
[With Paul Rosenberg & Co., New York, NY, consigned by above; not sold]; Returned to Estate;
Babcock Galleries, New York, NY, consigned by and then purchased from the Estate, (1959–1980);
Harvey and Françoise Rambach, New Jersey, purchased from above, 1980;
[Owings-Dewey Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM];
New York, NY. Forum Gallery. 1968.
New York, NY. Babcock Galleries. Marsden Hartley, 1877-1943: Paintings from 1910 to 1942 and a Bavarian Sketchbook of Silverpoint Drawings, 1933. March 1980, pp. 9, 12, ill. p. 12, cat. no. 6.
New York, NY. Salander-O’Reilly Galleries. Marsden Hartley (1877-1943), Paintings and Drawings. March 6-April 27, 1985, ill. np., cat. no. 54.
Washington, D.C. National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. American Impressions: Masterworks from American Art Forum Collections. March 27-July 5, 1993, no. 55.
Boca Raton, FL. The Boca Raton Museum of Art. Masterpieces of American Modernism: Selections from the Harvey and Françoise Rambach Collection. March 10-April 23, 1995, ill. “Index of Additional Works,” p. 68.
Youngstown, OH. Butler Institute of American Art. Masterpieces of American Modernism: The Rambach Collection. January 11 – April 26, 1998, illus., n.p.
New York, NY. Gerald Peters Gallery. The Harvey and Françoise Rambach Collection. September 30-November 20, 1999, pp. 20, 151, 285, ill. pp. 20, 151.
Tulsa, OK. Philbrook Museum of Art. From New York to New Mexico: Masterworks of American Modernism from the Vilcek Foundation Collection (February 8-May 3, 2015); Phoenix, AZ. Phoenix Art Museum (June 5-September 6, 2015); Santa Fe, NM. Georgia O’Keeffe Museum (September 25, 2015-January 10, 2016).
London, England. Tate Modern. Georgia O’Keeffe. July 6-October 30, 2016.
Lewiston, ME. Bates College Museum of Art. Marsden Hartley: Adventurer in the Arts. September 20-November 19, 2021, pp. 140, 142, ill. pp. 142-143.
G. Alan Chidsey, Trustee for the Hartley Estate. Volume of Photographs of Paintings, Pastels, Drawings and Lithographs by Marsden Hartley Washington, D.C 1944–1960. Archives of American Art, G. Alan Chidsey Papers, #127E, as New Mexico Recollections.
Elizabeth McCausland Papers, Other Research Files: Rosenberg, 1944-1952, undated. Box 19, Folder 4, Frames 10-11. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Rose, Barbara. “American Modernism: Style and Attitude,” In Masterpieces of American Modernism: Selections from the Harvey and Francoise Rambach Collection, edited by Timothy A. Eaton and Barbara Rose. Boca Raton: Boca Raton Museum of Art, 1995, p. 13.
Agee, William C. and Lewis Kachur. Masterpieces of American Modernism: From the Vilcek Collection. London: Merrell, 2013, pp. 26, 66, 68, 69, 236, 266, ill. p. 69.
Pochoda, Elizabeth. “Freedom and the abstract truth: Jan and Marica Vilcek’s collection of American modernist art,” The Magazine Antiques (May/June 2013), ill. p. 99.
O’Hern, John. “Modern Manor,” American Fine Art Magazine, September/October 2013, ill. p. 61.
Watts Jr., James D. “Modern masterworks: Philbrook exhibit brings American masters to Tulsa,” Tulsa World, February 12, 2015, ill.
Abatemarco, Michael. “Assimilation Through Art: The Modernist Collection of Marica and Jan Vilcek,” Pasatiempo, September 25, 2015, p. 39, ill. p. 38.
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