Sunday on the Reefs
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
The Great Depression imposed severe emotional and financial hardships on many people, including Hartley, who in 1935 was living on sixty cents a day. Relief came when a patron sent the exhausted painter to Bermuda, where the tropical atmosphere revived his flagging spirits. There he concentrated on fish and floral still-life subjects
Caption
Marsden Hartley (American, 1877–1943). Sunday on the Reefs, 1935–1936. Oil on composition board, 16 x 12in. (40.6 x 30.5cm) Frame: 22 1/2 x 18 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (57.2 x 47 x 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Edith and Milton Lowenthal, 1992.11.15. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
Sunday on the Reefs
Date
1935–1936
Medium
Oil on composition board
Classification
Dimensions
16 x 12in. (40.6 x 30.5cm) Frame: 22 1/2 x 18 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (57.2 x 47 x 7 cm)
Credit Line
Bequest of Edith and Milton Lowenthal
Accession Number
1992.11.15
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