Couple on the Beach

c. 1940s

Reginald Marsh

Associated Names
Reginald Marsh

Artist, American, born France, 1898 - 1954

Fluid and curving lines create an engaging composition featuring intertwined figures. Sweeping brushstrokes and overlapping shapes give it an abstract quality, merging boundaries between forms. The figures recline, with soft curves and flowing lines reminiscent of the human body. Subtle highlights and shadows suggest texture and volume, while the background is filled with swirling, indistinct forms.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Senator William Benton, New York; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1961; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1963

  • Progress of An American Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1963

1980

  • The Human Form: Contemporary American Figure Drawing and the Academic Tradition, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1980, no. 42

Bibliography

1983

  • Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 192, no. 1299.

Inscriptions

upper right in black ink by unknown hand: 051-2; verso in pen and black ink by unknown hand: JULY 1868 / GREEN / SOFT WOVE THIN TO MEDIUM / PERF 12 / BLUE GREEN / TYPE II / WORN PLATE

Markings

drafting grid printed on verso in grey ink

Wikidata ID

Q64620291

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