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Still Life with Pears

Creator: Marsden Hartley
Offered by: Robert Funk Fine Art

Description
Signed in pencil lower right "Marsden Hartley"
Provenance: The artist; Adelaide Kuntz, New York (acquired as a gift from the artist);
By descent in the family to the present owner;
Sotheby's, New York, New York, April 5, 2012, lot 5;
Private Collection
This work is included the Marsden Hartley Legacy Project, prepared by Art Historian Gail R. Scott. Director, of the Marsden Hartley Legacy Project with Bates College Museum of Art
Marsden Hartley was a prominent member of the Stieglitz group and trailblazing American modernist. His work is closely associated with Georgia O’Keeffe, John Marin, Arthur Dove, and Charles Demuth. His landscapes and still-lifes show the influence of Cezanne, Matisse and Picasso. Hartley his first New York solo exhibition at Stieglitz’s 291 Gallery in 1909. He studied under William Merritt Chase and later at the National Academy of Design, but his style was most greatly affected by Albert Pinkham Ryder and the Impressionist Giovanni Segantini. Clearly Marsden Hartley is one of Maine’s greatest modern painters.

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Origin:	United States, Maine
Period:	1920-1949
Materials:	Pastel and Pencil
Condition:	Good. some minor restoration - presents very well
Creation Date:	Circa 1920s
Styles / Movements:	Modernism, Post Impressionism, Expressionism
Incollect Reference #:	477507

Dimensions

W.	18.25 in;	H.	14.25 in;
W.	46.36 cm;	H.	36.2 cm;

Message from Seller:

You'll find an eclectic group of art works at Robert Funk Fine Art. 45 years of experience has shaped Director Robert Funk's multi-perspective approach to presenting art. As an undergrad in painting, he studied with great teachers such as first-generation abstract expressionist Robert Richenburg and hyper-realist painter Janet Fish. In Graduate School he worked with famed critic E.C. Goossen and went on to work as a Photographer, New York Advertising Art Director, and Art Collector.

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