Bates Museum of Art Collection - Mt. Katahdin No. 1

Mt. Katahdin No. 1

1939
Marsden Hartley, American, (Lewiston, ME, January 4, 1877 - September 2, 1943, Ellsworth, ME)

Object Type	Marsden Hartley Memorial Collection
Dimensions	12 x 14 in. (30.48 x 35.56 cm)
Medium	Charcoal on paper
Credit Line	Bates College Museum of Art purchase with The Elizabeth A. Gregory, M.D. ‘38 Fund, Marsden Hartley Memorial Collection, 2014.4.1
Accession Number	2014.4.1

Notes

As with MHMC 2012.23.1, Hartley presents here a broad, rounded perspective of Katahdin, while still emphasizing the sharpness of the jagged peak, at the same time reducing the role played by the foreground elements of lake and tree. He used the side edge of the lithographic crayon to articulate with suffused strokes the declivities of the mountain ridges, activating the bare paper as a coequal partner in defining the mountain's shape.

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Drawing, Landscape, Local, Maine, Paper, Works on paper

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This object was included in the following exhibitions:

Marsden Hartley: Adventurer in the Arts Bates College Museum of Art , 9/20/2021 - 11/19/2021

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