1970.78: Nahant Shore (recto and verso)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1970.78

People

Martin Mower, American (Lynn, MA 1870 - 1960 Vancouver, British Columbia)

Title

Nahant Shore (recto and verso)

Other Titles

Alternate Title: Seascape (Mahomet Shore) Verso: Same

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

19th-20th century

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/308996

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Watercolor and white gouache on blue wove paper; verso: watercolor and graphite

Dimensions

12.8 x 18.4 cm (5 1/16 x 7 1/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: verso, graphite, in artist's hand: Sea yellow [surface?] blue / sky [ivory?] celery & [brown?]
• inscription: verso of old mount [see photocopy in curatorial file]: by Martin Mower to / Alfred Mansfield Brooks-- Jan [different hand:] 1896
• inscription: verso of old mount [see photocopy in curatorial file]: Nahant Shore
• inscription: verso of old mount [see photocopy in curatorial file]: 19270

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Martin Mower; to Alfred Mansfield Brooks, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, 1896; to Mrs. Arthur Mansfield (Ruth Steele) Brooks, at his death, 1963, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1970.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Mrs. Alfred Mansfield Brooks

Accession Year

1970

Object Number

1970.78

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

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