About the Object
Flat planes of soft colors are stacked and floating in space, slipping past one another, creating the abstract form of a ship. The black mast peeks out at the very top of the composition, balanced by the black shape at the base, which appears to be the prow of the ship. The central white rectangle reads as a sail, while the other forms defy identification.
Additional Information
Hartley spent the summer and fall of 1916 in Provincetown with the artist Charles Demuth. He created a group of these abstract paintings including Provincetown, 1916, in the Art Institute of Chicago and Movement No. 7, Provincetown, 1916, co-owned by Fisk University and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.
The Artist;
Charles Daniel Gallery, New York, NY;
Victor Emmanuel, New York, from above, c. 1932;
M. Knoedler Gallery, New York, NY, from above, c. 1942;
[Parke-Bernet Gallery, New York, NY, Charles L. Daniel Sale, March 14, 1946, lot 49, consigned by above];
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Bing, New York, purchased from above sale, 1946–2007;
[Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York, NY, consigned by above];
Jonathan Boos, New York, NY, purchased from above, 2007;
[Owings-Dewey Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM];
Los Angeles, CA. University Galleries, University of Southern California. The University Galleries of the University of Southern California and The University Art Museum of the University of Texas at Austin present a selection of representative works by Marsden Hartley, Painter/Poet 1877-1943 (Nov. 20-Dec. 20, 1968); Tucson, AZ. Tucson Art Center (January 10-February 16, 1969); cat. no. 55.
New York, NY. Hollis Taggart Galleries. Inheriting Cubism: The Impact of Cubism on American Art, 1909-1936. November 28, 2001-January 12, 2002, pp. 110, ill., pl. 14.
Austin, TX. Blanton Museum of Art. Routes Towards Modernism, American Painting 1870-1950. September 13-December 29, 2002.
New York, NY. Hollis-Taggart Galleries. From Hawthorne to Hofmann: Provincetown, Vignettes, 1898-1945. November 14, 2003-January 17, 2004, ill. np., pl. 25.
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).
Humlebaek, Denmark. Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. Marsden Hartley. September 19, 2019-January 19, 2020.
Lewiston, ME. Bates College Museum of Art. Marsden Hartley: Adventurer in the Arts. September 20-November 19, 2021, p. 118, ill. p. 119.
Santa Fe, NM. New Mexico Museum of Art. Marsden Hartley: Adventurer in the Arts. April 5-July 25, 2025.
Knoedler Gallery. Parke-Bernet Gallery, New York. Modern American Paintings & Drawings: Collected by Charles Daniel. March 14, 1946, lot 49.
Elizabeth McCausland Papers, Marsden Hartley Catalogue Raisonné: Oils, circa [1944-1964]. Annotated by Hudson D. Walker. Box 18, Folder 10, Frames 1-2,7. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Elizabeth McCausland Papers: Other Research Files: Period of 1923-1929, 1929, [1950s]. Box 14, Folder 7, Frames 5-7, ill. Frame 5. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Cone, Michèle C. “Inheriting Cubism,” ARTnews, March 2002, p. 119, ill. p. 119.
Agee, William C. and Lewis Kachur. Masterpieces of American Modernism: From the Vilcek Collection. London: Merrell, 2013, pp. 25, 60-61, 266, ill. p. 61.
O’Hern, John. “Modern Manor,” American Fine Art Magazine, September/October 2013, ill. p. 56.
Watts Jr., James D. “Modern masterworks: Philbrook exhibit brings American masters to Tulsa,” Tulsa World, February 12, 2015, ill.
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