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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT CALIFORNIA COLLECTION
MARSDEN HARTLEY (1877-1943)
Cerise Cactus
Details
MARSDEN HARTLEY (1877-1943)
Cerise Cactus
oil on canvas
35 ½ x 22 ½ in. (90.2 x 57.2 cm.)
Painted in 1919-20.
Cerise Cactus
oil on canvas
35 ½ x 22 ½ in. (90.2 x 57.2 cm.)
Painted in 1919-20.
Provenance
The artist.
Carl Sprinchorn, Selkirk, New York, acquired from the above.
Passedoit Gallery, New York.
Private collection, by 1966.
Douglas Drake Gallery, New York.
Alexandre Gallery, New York.
Babcock Galleries, New York.
Private collection, Connecticut, acquired from the above, 2004.
Questroyal Fine Art, LLC, New York.
Acquired by the late owner from the above, 2012.
Carl Sprinchorn, Selkirk, New York, acquired from the above.
Passedoit Gallery, New York.
Private collection, by 1966.
Douglas Drake Gallery, New York.
Alexandre Gallery, New York.
Babcock Galleries, New York.
Private collection, Connecticut, acquired from the above, 2004.
Questroyal Fine Art, LLC, New York.
Acquired by the late owner from the above, 2012.
Literature
Archives of American Art, Elizabeth McCausland papers, 1838-1995, bulk 1920-1960, Series 6: Marsden Hartley, Box 14, Folder 23, Reels 24-25, illustrated (as Flowering Cactus).
H. Hole, 'America as Landscape': Marsden Hartley and New Mexico, 1918-1924, Ph.D. dissertation, Princeton University, 2005, p. 288.
H. Hole, 'America as Landscape': Marsden Hartley and New Mexico, 1918-1924, Ph.D. dissertation, Princeton University, 2005, p. 288.
Exhibited
New York, Douglas Drake Gallery, Inaugural Exhibition, April 11–May 9, 1987.
New York, Alexandre Gallery, Marsden Hartley: New Mexico 1918-1920, An American Discovering America, March 6-April 19, 2003, n.p., no. 14, illustrated.
New York, Alexandre Gallery, Marsden Hartley: New Mexico 1918-1920, An American Discovering America, March 6-April 19, 2003, n.p., no. 14, illustrated.
Further details
This painting is included in The Marsden Hartley Legacy Project: Complete Paintings and Works on Paper, with Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston, Maine. We are grateful for Gail R. Scott’s assistance with the cataloguing of this work.
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