Figures on a City Street [verso]

c. 1940

Reginald Marsh

Associated Names
Reginald Marsh

Artist, American, born France, 1898 - 1954

The image is a street scene depicted from an elevated viewpoint. The horizon is loosely defined with buildings sketched along it. Brushstrokes are airy and sketch-like, predominantly in soft violet tones. Figures are lightly suggested. More structures and abstracted figures populate the scene towards the background, with a faded color palette blending everything into a harmonious whole.
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Artwork overview

Associated Artworks

The image features a dark-hulled ship with masts and smokestacks on green waves with white highlights. The horizon is visible above the middle, separating the sea from a cloudy sky. Faint outlines of other ships and a coastal structure are seen in the distance. The brushstrokes are loose and fluid, especially in the water and sky, with a watercolor technique. The color palette includes muted greens, browns, blacks, and shades of gray and blue.

Ship in a Harbor [recto]

Reginald Marsh

1935

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

the artist, Dorset, VT; Felicia Meyer Marsh (wife of the artist), Dorset, VT, 1954; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1980; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

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. 193, no. 1301.

Wikidata ID

Q64620296

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