Philadelphia Museum of Art - Collections Object : Blessing the Melon (The Indians Bring the Harvest to Christian Mary for Her Blessing)

Blessing the Melon (The Indians Bring the Harvest to Christian Mary for Her Blessing)

Marsden Hartley, American, 1877 - 1943

Geography:
Made in United States, North and Central America

Date:
c. 1918

Medium:
Oil on paperboard

Dimensions:
32 3/8 × 23 7/8 inches (82.2 × 60.6 cm)

Curatorial Department:
American Art

* Special Exhibition Galleries, first floor (Dorrance Galleries)

Accession Number:
1949-18-13

Credit Line:
The Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949

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