Gull
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
Near the end of his life, after spending much of his career in New York, Marsden Hartley attempted to restyle himself as a painter from Maine. He used gulls, crabs, and lobsters in his work as icons of his New England roots. A poet as well as a painter, Hartley was inspired by the tenacity of the people and the ruggedness of the landscape. He belonged to the photographer Alfred Stieglitz’s circle of artists, who sought to create modern art that was spiritually rooted to the American soil.
Caption
Marsden Hartley American, 1877–1943. Gull, 1942–1943. Oil on fabricated board, 28 x 22 in. (71.1 x 55.9 cm) frame: 37 1/2 x 31 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (95.3 x 80 x 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Edith and Milton Lowenthal, 1992.11.21. No known copyright restrictions (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1992.11.21_SL1.jpg)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
Gull
Date
1942–1943
Medium
Oil on fabricated board
Classification
Dimensions
28 x 22 in. (71.1 x 55.9 cm) frame: 37 1/2 x 31 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (95.3 x 80 x 7 cm)
Signatures
Unsigned
Credit Line
Bequest of Edith and Milton Lowenthal
Accession Number
1992.11.21
Rights
No known copyright restrictions
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