MARSDEN HARTLEY (1877-1943)
18.11.2025 00:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1508019
Lot 395 | MARSDEN HARTLEY (1877-1943)
Estimate value
150000USD $ 150 000 – 250 000
Compote of Fruit and Landscape
oil on canvas
23 ¼ x 32 in. (59.1 x 81.3 cm.)
Painted circa 1923-1926
Provenance
Estate of the artist.
Babcock Galleries, New York (acquired from the above).
Acquired from the above by the late owners, 1961.
Literature
Archives of American Art, G. Alan Chidsey Papers, Volume of Photographs of Paintings, Pastels, Drawings and Lithographs by Marsden Hartley, Washington, D.C., 1944-1960, no. 25.
Archives of American Art, Elizabeth McCausland papers, 1838-1995, bulk 1920-1960, Series 6: Marsden Hartley, Box 19, Folder 5, Reels 17-18 (illustrated).
M. Breuning, "...From the Hartley Estate" in Arts Magazine, January 1960, vol. XXXIV, no. 4, p. 46 (titled Mexican Still Life with Trees).
Exhibited
New York, Babcock Galleries, Hartley, 1877-1943: Exhibition of Paintings, January 1960, no. 11 (illustrated).
New York, Berry-Hill Galleries, Inc., The Heart of the Matter: The Still Lifes of Marsden Hartley, May-June 2003, pp. 50 and 160 (illustrated, p. 96, pl. 16).
Further details
This painting is included in The Marsden Hartley Legacy Project: Complete Paintings and Works on Paper, with Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston, Maine. We are grateful for Gail R. Scott’s assistance with the cataloguing of this work.
| Artist: | Marsden Hartley (1877 - 1943) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Genre: | Still life |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | Marsden Hartley (1877 - 1943) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Genre: | Still life |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
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