Modern and Contemporary Art Movement No. 1 (Provincetown) 1916 Marsden Hartley, American, 1877 - 1943 Oil on beaver board * Gallery 49, Modern and Contemporary Art, ground floor 1949-18-9 The Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949 |
LabelMarsden Hartley spent the summer of 1916 in Provincetown, Massachusetts. With its bowlike sail swaying atop a coiled hull, Movement No. 1 is one of a series of abstract compositions inspired by the ships he saw come into the Provincetown harbor.* Works in the collection are moved off view for many different reasons. Although gallery locations on the website are updated regularly, there is no guarantee that this object will be on display on the day of your visit. |
