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Marsden Hartley

Gorges du Loup, Provence
Now On View

Maker

Marsden Hartley (American, 1877-1943)

Title

Gorges du Loup, Provence

Year

1926

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

oil paint

Supports

Dimensions

61.6 x 49.5 cm (24 1/4 x 19 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

There are also Ink markings “X129” and a sticker documenting the sale of the painting at an auction at Sotheby’s [1994, lot 129] on the back of the frame.

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund and Lippitt Acquisition Fund

Object Number

2012.34

Type

Articles

Marsden Hartley's Gorges du Loup, Provence

Exhibition History

Art and Design from 1900 to Now
Jun 04, 2022 – Dec 01, 2030

Label copy

Marsden Hartley painted bold and often dramatic scenes of nature that adeptly illustrated his idea that “modernity is but a new attachment of things universal—a fresh relationship to the courses of the sun and to the living swing of the earth—a new fire of affection for the living essence present everywhere.”

In the early 1920s Hartley spent time in the French Alps, including Gorges du Loup, where granite cliffs carved by the river theatrically reveal ribbons of water snaking through contoured crevasses.

–Elizabeth A. Williams, David and Peggy Rockefeller Curator of Decorative Arts and Design

Paula and Leonard Granoff Galleries
Dec 18, 2015

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Marsden Hartley (American, 1877-1943)
Gorges du Loup, Provence, 1926
Oil on canvas
61.6 x 49.5 cm (24 1/4 x 19 1/2 inches)
Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund and Lippitt Acquisition Fund 2012.34

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