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Charles Demuth

Bathers, 1916

Description

Maker

Charles Demuth, 1883-1935, American

Title

Bathers

Year

1916

Medium

watercolor; pencil

Materials/Techniques

Materials

watercolor

Supports

Greyish cream colored smooth medium weight machine made wove rag paper

Dimensions

21.1 x 27.3 cm (8 5/16 x 10 11/16 inches) (sheet)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--LL:C Demuth 1916--

Type

Credit

Anonymous gift

Object Number

1992.001.49

Exhibition History

Tradition and Innovation in American Watercolors

January 27 - April 11, 1999

Demuth's cubistic rendition of a Provincetown beach scene is kaleidoscopic in its use of shifting planes of flat color. The contour of the figures is carefully respected through the controlled application of thin watercolor washes, each blotted and dried before the next application of a proximate color. Demuth purposely chose to work on thin sheets of paper that would buckle dramatically under the pooling paint.

Early Modernism in America

February 24 - April 16, 1995

American Prints and Drawings from a Private Collection

January 17 - March 29, 1992

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