Sunday on the Reefs

Marsden Hartley

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. No known copyright restrictions (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1992.11.15_SL1.jpg)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

American Art

Title

Sunday on the Reefs

Date

1935–1936

Medium

Oil on composition board

Classification

Painting

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

Rights

No known copyright restrictions

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