Exploring Themes in American Art: Marine Painting |
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| 1. | John Greenwood, Harbor Scene, c. 1760 brush and gray ink with gray wash on laid paper, .177 x .245 m (6 15/16 x 9 5/8 in.) |
| 2. | Thomas Chambers, New York Harbor with Pilot Boat "George Washington" mid-19th century, oil on canvas, .560 x .763 m (22 x 30 in.) |
| 3. | American 19th Century, Steamship "Erie," probably 1837 oil on canvas, .566 x .751 m (22 1/4 x 29 9/16 in.) |
| 4. | Robert Salmon, The Ship "Favorite" Maneuvering Off Greenock, 1819 oil on canvas, .762 x 1.283 m (30 x 50 1/2 in.) |
| 5. | John Frederick Kensett, Beacon Rock, Newport Harbor, 1857 oil on canvas, .572 x .914 m (22 1/2 x 36 in.) |
| 6. | Fitz Henry Lane, Lumber Schooners at Evening on Penobscot Bay, 1863 oil on canvas, .625 x .968 m (24 5/8 x 38 1/8 in.) |
| 7. | Martin Johnson Heade, Rio de Janeiro Bay, 1864 oil on canvas, .455 x .911 m (17 15/16 x 35 7/8 in.) |
| 8. | Thomas Moran, The Much Resounding Sea, 1884 oil on canvas, .639 x 1.582 m (25 3/16 x 62 5/16 in.) |
| 9. | Winslow Homer, On the Sands, 1881 watercolor and gouache with pen and black ink over graphite .335 x .475 m (13 3/16 x 18 11/16 in.) |
| 10. | Winslow Homer, Eight Bells, 1887 etching, sheet: .483 x .610 m (19 x 24 in.) |
| 11. | Maurice Brazil Prendergast, Revere Beach, c. 1896 watercolor, sight size: .250 x .350 m (9 3/4 x 13 3/4 in.) |
| 12. | John Marin, Middle of Atlantic, 1909 watercolor on wove paper, approximate: .364 x .423 m (14 5/16 x 16 11/16 in.) |
| 13. | Mark Rothko, Sea Fantasy, 1946 oil on canvas, 1.118 x .918 m (44 x 36 1/8 in.) |
| 14. | Albert William Christ-Janer, Seaforms, unknown date offset lithograph, sheet: .587 x .891 m (23 1/8 x 35 1/16 in.) |
| 15. | Vija Celmins, Untitled, 1973 graphite on wove paper, .757 x .111 m (29 7/8 x 43 3/4 in.) |
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