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Accession #	1992.11.19
Artist	Marsden Hartley
Title	Summer Clouds and Flowers
Date	1942
Medium	Oil on fabricated board
Dimensions	22 x 28 in. (55.9 x 71.1 cm) Frame: 32 x 37 3/4 x 2 1/2 in. (81.3 x 95.9 x 6.4 cm)
Signed	Signed lower right: "M·H· / 42"
Credit Line	Bequest of Edith and Milton Lowenthal
Location	American Identities: Inventing American Landscape

Curatorial Remarks:

The months that Hartley spent in Corea, Maine, in 1942 were exceptionally prolific because he was vigorously preparing for a one-person exhibition organized by his new dealer, Paul Rosenberg. Many of the paintings he executed were vibrant floral still lifes such as this one, most likely created with the expectation that they would be especially marketable.