About the Object
In the Alps in late 1933, Hartley created exacting drawings in graphite, pastel, and silverpoint, and paintings in muted, naturalistic hues. The strong verticality of these two works is similar to that seen in postcards Hartley collected of the Alps—some 50 postcards in total. Hartley created at least seven paintings related to this view, experimenting with various foregrounds and depicting the changing seasons.
Additional Information
Hartley wrote frequently to his niece Norma Berger about his process in the Alps, which remained true to his earlier working methods: “I am painting Alpine snow effects indoors. I walk six or seven miles and make the drawing and the rest is memory—but I have had to work that way for years and it is my way of showing how much I have learned and absorbed of nature.”
The Artist;
Dikran Kelekian, New York, NY, from the Artist;
Elizabeth Norcott, Connecticut;
Estate of Elizabeth Norcott, Connecticut;
[Christie’s, New York, NY, May 29, 1987, lot 289]
Vanderwoude Tananbaum Gallery, New York, NY, purchased from above sale, 1993-1998;
Carol Feinberg, New York;
Estate of Carol Feinberg, New York;
[Jonathan Boos, New York, NY, consigned by above, 2021];
Columbus, OH. Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts. Marsden Hartley Memorial Exhibition. January 8–February 7, 1944.
Chicago, IL. Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago. Exhibition of Coptic Art and Paintings by Marsden Hartley and Max Weber. November 11–December 6, 1945, no. 7.
New York, NY. Vanderwoude Tananbaum Gallery. Marsden Hartley: The Last Decade, January 13–February 27, 1988, ill.
Clinton, NY. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. Marsden Hartley in Bavaria (September 23–November 5, 1989); Milwaukee, WI. Milwaukee Art Museum (November 30, 1989–January 28, 1990); Brunswick, ME. Bowdoin College Museum of Art (February 15–April 15, 1990); New York, NY. Baruch College Gallery of the City University of New York (May 2–June 7, 1990).
Mobile, AL. Fine Arts Museum of the South. Modernism and American Painting of the 1930s, February 12-March 28, 1993.
Washington, D.C. National Gallery of Art. Modern Art and America: Alfred Steiglitz and His New York Galleries. January 28–April 22, 2001, ill. fig. 114 pp. 407.
Hartford, CT. The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. Marsden Hartley (January 17-April 20, 2003); Washington, D.C. Phillips Collection (June 7- September 7, 2003); Kansas City, MO. Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (October 11, 2003-January 11, 2004); pp. 309-10, ill. p. 170, pl. 55.
Santa Fe, NM. New Mexico Museum of Art. Marsden Hartley: Adventurer in the Arts. April 5-July 20, 2025.
Elizabeth McCausland Papers, Catalogue Raisonne Files: Box 15, folder 15, frames 40-42. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Kuspit, Donald. “Marsden Hartley,” Artforum (New York) 26 (May 1988).
Moorman, Margaret. “Marsden Hartley Vanderwoude Tananbaum Gallery, New York,” Art News (New York) 87 (May 1988), ill.
Pardee, Hearne. “Marsden Hartley,” Arts Magazine (New York), ill.
Ludington, Townsend. Marsden Hartley: The Biography of An American Artist. Boston: Little, Brown, 1992, ill., n.p.
Ludington, Townsend. Seeking the Spiritual: The Paintings of Marsden Hartley. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1998, pp. 18-20, ill. p. 18, fig. 12.
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