Bates Museum of Art Collection - [Fish Nets and Lobster Traps]

[Fish Nets and Lobster Traps]

ca. 1930s
Marsden Hartley, American, (Lewiston, ME, January 4, 1877 - September 2, 1943, Ellsworth, ME)

Object Type	Marsden Hartley Memorial Collection
Dimensions	9 7/8 x 6 7/8 in. (25.08 x 17.46 cm)
Medium	Black ink with graphite and brown ink under-drawing on white paper
Credit Line	Bates College Museum of Art, Marsden Hartley Memorial Collection, Gift of Norma Berger, 1955.1.40
Accession Number	1955.1.40

Notes

Using the mundane tools of the lobster fisherman as a visual starting point, in much the same manner as the previous drawing, 1955.1.39), Hartley creates here something else. On either side of dense tangle of fishnets, four lobster traps cantilever at angles, seemingly suspended in midair. The nets and traps do not lie on the wooden dock but, rather, defying spatial logic, they twist and gyrate in a dramatically dance-like rhythm.

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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:

Marsden Hartley and Nova Scotia , 10/1/1987 - 11/1/1987
Selected Drawings & Photographs from the Marsden Hartley Memorial Collection , 6/10/2011 - 9/5/2011

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