Bates Museum of Art Collection - [Maine Coastal Scene with Sailboats, Rocks, Lighthouse and Clouds in Sky]

[Maine Coastal Scene with Sailboats, Rocks, Lighthouse and Clouds in Sky]

ca. 1938-1943
Marsden Hartley, American, (Lewiston, ME, January 4, 1877 - September 2, 1943, Ellsworth, ME)

Object Type	Marsden Hartley Memorial Collection
Dimensions	5 x 5 1/4 in. (12.7 x 13.34 cm)
Medium	Black ink on paper
Credit Line	Bates College Museum of Art, Marsden Hartley Memorial Collection, Gift of Norma Berger, 1955.1.93
Accession Number	1955.1.93

Notes

Here again, Hartley frames the scene in a much smaller area than the full piece of the paper—almost as if this, like the previous drawing (MHMC 1955.1.92) is a view through a square window. In this case, however, the seascape elements—sailboats, rocks, lighthouse, and clouds—are tightly and abstractly compressed spatially, something like a cubist painting. There seems barely room for the central sailboat, tilted upward as it heaves jauntily through the water, to maneuver between the rock cliffs left and right. Heavy crosshatch lines give equal density to clouds and solid objects like the hull of the boat or the indecipherable area at the upper left edge.

Keywords Click a term to view the records with the same keyword

This object has the following keywords:

Drawing, Hartley, Local, Maine, Marsden, Marsden Hartley, Marsden Hartley Memorial Collection, Paper, Works on paper

Exhibition List

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

Selected Drawings & Photographs from the Marsden Hartley Memorial Collection , 6/10/2011 - 9/5/2011

Portfolio List Click a portfolio name to view all the objects in that portfolio

This object is a member of the following portfolios:

Hartley Artworks

Hartley Entire Collection

Permanent Link: /objects-1/info/199

Your current search criteria is: Objects is "[Maine Coastal Scene with Sailboats, Rocks, Lighthouse and Clouds in Sky]".

Go to Top