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Accession #	1992.11.15
Artist	Marsden Hartley
Title	Sunday on the Reefs
Date	1935-1936
Medium	Oil on composition board
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
Location	Visible Storage: Case 16, Screen E (Paintings)

Curatorial Remarks:

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