Marsden Hartley (1877-1943)
Lot 187

Marsden Hartley (1877-1943)

Lifeguard

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Marsden Hartley (1877-1943)
Lifeguard
crayon and chalk on paperboard
10 x 12 in. (25.4 x 30.5 cm.)
Executed in 1940.

The artist.
Estate of the above.
[With]Eva Lee's Gallery, Great Neck, New York, circa 1959.
Private collection, Great Neck, New York, circa early 1960s.
By descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

This work will be included in Gail R. Scott’s forthcoming book, Marsden Hartley: The Complete Paintings & Works on Paper (working title).


The present work was executed in the summer of 1940 when Hartley visited Kennebunk and Old Orchard Beach, Maine, where he did numerous sketches of lobstermen and sunbathers with plans for developing them into paintings.