Object Details
- Artist
- Marsden Hartley, born Lewiston, ME 1877-died Ellsworth, ME 1943
- Luce Center Label
- In 1937, after years of travel, Marsden Hartley returned to his native Maine, where he lived and worked for the rest of his life. Inspired by the rugged landscape, he painted images of the coast and surrounding area; Mt. Katahdin, the state's highest peak, features in numerous works. He also created elegant still lifes, floral studies as well as pictures featuring lobster traps, nets, and buoys---the trappings of the fisherman's life---including Lobster on Black Background. Often in ill health, his eyesight failing him in these last years, Hartley nevertheless held fast to his love of nature and fascination with form and realism---seen here in the simply rendered directness and crisp outlines of a Maine lobster.
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. Henry P. McIlhenny
- 1940-1941
- Object number
- 1978.52
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- oil on fiberboard
- Dimensions
- 22 x 28 in. (55.9 x 71.1 cm)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- On View
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor, 34A
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Animal\fish\lobster
- Record ID
- saam_1978.52
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk73e3ccf00-905f-4db2-ab83-fc891dea5b4b
