Sunset at Heybridge Basin

1924

Martin Hardie

Associated Names
Martin Hardie

Artist, British, 1875 - 1952

David Strang

Printer, British, 1887 - 1967

Chicago Society of Etchers

Publisher

The scene depicts a maritime landscape with boats and structures on the horizon line. The brushstrokes are delicate and detailed, conveying texture and depth to the watercraft and buildings. The color palette is primarily sepia tones. The composition includes boats on calm water leading towards warehouses and smaller vessels, set against a sky textured with fine lines.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint in black

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 20 × 24.9 cm (7 7/8 × 9 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.4810

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hardie 1975, no. 101

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1975

  • Hardie, Frank. The Prints of Martin Hardie: Edited from the Artist's Manuscript Record. Oxford, England: Ashmolean Museum, 1975, pp. 26, 61, no. 101.

1990

  • Czestochowski, Joseph S. James Swann: In Quest of a Printmaker, with Presentation Prints of the Chicago Society of Etchers, Prairie Print Makers, and the Woodcut Society. Iowa: Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, 1990, appendix A, p. 107, no. 15.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: CSE 1924; lower right in graphite: Martin Hardie

Wikidata ID

Q64960154

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