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ROLPH SCARLETT (1889-1984)
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ROLPH SCARLETT (1889-1984)

Scherzo No. 2

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ROLPH SCARLETT (1889-1984)
Scherzo No. 2
signed 'Rolph/Scarlett.' (lower right)—inscribed with title (on the stretcher)—inscribed with title again (on the tacking edge)
oil on canvas
50 x 37 in. (127 x 93.9 cm.)

Private collection, Boca Raton, Florida.
Washburn Gallery, New York.
Struve Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
Private collection, New York.
Private collection, Florida.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

Specialist note

The title of the present work Scherzo refers to a vigorous, light, or playful musical composition. Scarlett, as well as many other modernists such as Arthur Dove and Marsden Hartley, used abstraction and expressive color palettes to convey the experience of music.