Reginald Marsh (1898-1954)
Reginald Marsh (1898-1954)

Coney Island Beach (Russia Declares War on Japan)

Details
Reginald Marsh (1898-1954)
Coney Island Beach (Russia Declares War on Japan)
signed, dated and inscribed 'Reginald Marsh/Coney Island Beach, 1945' (lower right)
ink wash and watercolor on paper
26½ x 39½ in. (67.3 x 100.3 cm.)
Provenance
The artist.
Senator William Benton, New York.
Marjorie and Charles Benton, Wilmette, Illinois, 1977.
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York.
Norwitch Newman Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona.
Louis Newman Galleries, Beverly Hills, California.
Literature
N. Sasowsky, "Reginald Marsh: Catalogue of Chinese Ink Paintings and Watercolors," (unpublished manuscript, Library, Whitney Museum of American Art), New York, 1954 (as Coney Island Beach).
M. Cohen, Reginald Marsh's New York: Paintings, Drawings, Prints and Photographs, 1983, p. 36, fig. 56.
Exhibited
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Fine Arts Galleries of the University of Pittsburgh, Reginald Marsh 1898-1954: Selected Paintings and Sketches from the Collections of Mrs. Reginald Marsh and The Honorable and Mrs. William Benton, 1970, no. 34.
Batavia, Illinois, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Fermilab Gallery, The Collection of Marjorie and Charles Benton, 1983.
Chicago, Illinois, Richard Gray Gallery, Reginald Marsh: Works from the Collection of Senator William Benton, 1984.
New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, American Masterworks on Paper: Drawings, Watercolors and Prints, 1985-86, no. 61.
St. Louis, Missouri, The Greenberg Gallery, Reginald Marsh Exhibition, January 18-March 1, 1986.
Chicago, Illinois, Goldman-Kraft Gallery, Ltd., Reginald Marsh: Paintings and Works on Paper, March 27-April 30, 1987.

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