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The Lumberjack

1908

Marsden Hartley

Associated Names

Marsden Hartley

Artist, American, 1877 - 1943

The image depicts a person swinging an axe at a large log. The person is bent forward at the waist, focused on the task. They wear loose work clothing and stand firmly on the log. The background shows dynamic, abstract lines suggesting motion or an outdoor setting.

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Artwork overview

Medium

graphite on wove paper
Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of Olga Hirshhorn)
Dimensions

sheet: 30.48 × 22.7 cm (12 × 8 15/16 in.)
Accession Number

2015.19.3377

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Olga Hirshhorn, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2004; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1979

Selections from the Olga Hirshhorn Collection, Huntington Galleries, West Virginia, 1979, no. 86

1981

A Collector's Eye: The Olga Hirshhorn Collection, Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, 1981, no. 32

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: M [circled] H [circled] / Marsden Hartley.

Wikidata ID

Q64596716

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