1920.15: Sea and Rocks, Newfoundland (recto and verso)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1920.15

People

Dodge Macknight, American (Providence RI 1860 - 1950 E. Sandwich, MA)

Title

Sea and Rocks, Newfoundland (recto and verso)

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

19th-20th century

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/306248

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Watercolor and graphite on off-white wove paper (recto and verso)

Dimensions

39.4 x 57.1 cm (15 1/2 x 22 1/2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: purple watercolor, l.l.: Dodge Macknight
• inscription: verso, u.l., blue ink?: [N. 22 - 1909, N. F.] [obscured by hinge, not visible now; transcribed from curatorial file]
• inscription: verso, u.l., graphite: [first two words obscured by hinge:] [Sunny afternoon] effect - near flat rock
• inscription: verso, l.l., blue ink: Purple granite cliffs, very brilliant--

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Desmond Fitzgerald, Gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1920.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Desmond Fitzgerald

Accession Year

1920

Object Number

1920.15

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Pinholes at all corners. Discolored at all edges.

Exhibition History

• Unidentified Watercolor Exhibition, Winchester Art Association, 1940, Winchester Art Association, Winchester, 11/29/1939 - 12/31/1939
• Exhibition in Celebration of the 75th Anniversary Year, Chamberlayne Junior College, Boston, 05/01/1967 - 05/06/1967

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