Harbor with Boats at Anchor

1927

Reginald Marsh

Associated Names
Reginald Marsh

Artist, American, born France, 1898 - 1954

The image shows a dock with boats anchored in the water. Islands are visible in the distance below the horizon. The painting style is watercolor, with loose brushstrokes depicting the sky and clouds. The color palette includes muted blues, grays, browns, and blacks.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2006

  • American Landscape: Drawings and Watercolors from the Permanent Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2006

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. 191, no. 1292.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Reginald Marsh 1927; lower right in graphite by unknown hand: WC27-32; lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: WC27-32

Markings

stamped lower right in red ink: F. MARSH COLLECTION / CAT AE

Wikidata ID

Q64620289

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