Speed Boat

1937

Mabel Wellington Jack

Associated Names
Mabel Wellington Jack

Artist, American, 1890 - 1970

The image shows a speedboat cutting through the water from a side view. The boat is depicted with fine brushstrokes to emphasize texture and movement. Buildings or houses are visible on the distant shore. The color palette is monochromatic with shades of black, white, and gray, creating contrast between sunlight and water. Light beams shine from the upper left, highlighting birds in the sky. An airplane is seen to the left, and the water churns energetically near the boat.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Sylvan Cole Gallery (Mann-Williams Antiques), New York, NY); to Dave H. and Reba W. Williams, Greenwich, CT, 21 November 1987; gift to the NGA, 2008.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

--Speed Boat-- in pencil, lower center; signed: M.W.J. on stone, lower left and right corners; Mabel Wellington Jack. in pencil, lower right; 23 in pencil (by unknown hand), lower right and upper left corners, margin. 18 x 12 in pencil (by unknown hand), lower edge: 617 in pencil (by unknown hand), upper left corner.

Wikidata ID

Q76551037

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