Union Square

1933

Reginald Marsh

Associated Names
Reginald Marsh

Artist, American, born France, 1898 - 1954

The image shows a sculpture with a rider on horseback on a tall, cylindrical pedestal. The rider is in traditional attire, holding the horse's reins as the horse rears up slightly. The sculpture is monochromatic, indicating it may be made of a dark metal like bronze. It is set in an urban street with people seated around the base. Urban buildings and clouds are visible in the background.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    image: 34.5 x 21.5 cm (13 9/16 x 8 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 40.1 x 28.6 cm (15 13/16 x 11 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2005.99.25

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Sasowsky 1976, no. 27


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased April, 1971; gift to NGA, 2005.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1976

  • Sasowsky, Norman. The Prints of Reginald Marsh. New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1976, no. 27.

Inscriptions

lower right on stone: RM '33; lower right in graphite: Reginald Marsh; lower right edge in graphite by unknown hand: 05X; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: 16722

Markings

Ruth Kainen stamp

Watermarks

Rives BFK

Wikidata ID

Q76355760

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