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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA COLLECTION
MARSDEN HARTLEY (1877-1943)
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Details
MARSDEN HARTLEY (1877-1943)
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oil on canvas
12 ½ x 18 ¼ in. (31.8 x 46.4 cm.)
Pears Abstraction
oil on canvas
12 ½ x 18 ¼ in. (31.8 x 46.4 cm.)
Provenance
The artist.
Adelaide Kuntz, Bronxville, New York, acquired from the above.
Bertha Schaefer Gallery, New York, acquired from the above, 1944.
Private collection, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, acquired from the above, 1959.
By descent to the present owners from the above.
Adelaide Kuntz, Bronxville, New York, acquired from the above.
Bertha Schaefer Gallery, New York, acquired from the above, 1944.
Private collection, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, acquired from the above, 1959.
By descent to the present owners from the above.
Literature
Archives of American Art, Elizabeth McCausland papers, 1838-1995, bulk 1920-1960, Series 6: Marsden Hartley, 1900-1964, box 14, folder 31, reel18; box 19, folder 15, reel 55.
Exhibited
Princeton, New Jersey, Princeton Gallery of Fine Art, on loan, 1982.
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.
Brought to you by
Quincie Dixon
Associate Specialist, Head of Sale