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Summer Clouds and Flowers
Accession # 1992.11.19
Artist Marsden Hartley
Title Summer Clouds and Flowers
Date 1942
Medium Oil on fabricated board
Dimensions 22 x 28 in. (55.9 x 71.1 cm) Frame: 32 x 37 3/4 x 2 1/2 in. (81.3 x 95.9 x 6.4 cm)
Signed Signed lower right: "M·H· / 42"
Credit Line Bequest of Edith and Milton Lowenthal
Location Visible Storage: Case 15, Screen I (Paintings)

Curatorial Remarks:

The months that Hartley spent in Corea, Maine, in 1942 were exceptionally prolific because he was vigorously preparing for a one-person exhibition organized by his new dealer, Paul Rosenberg. Many of the paintings he executed were vibrant floral still lifes such as this one, most likely created with the expectation that they would be especially marketable.