One side of a striped canvas beach cabana in profile
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

At center a cabana stands in bright sunlight, its striped canvas side lashed to poles staked in the sandy ground. Seen from one side, its dark and light stripes are interrupted in places by similarly striped square patches at random intervals. At top right, the edge of an awning can be seen, jutting off from the top from another side. Just beyond, at middle right its short shadow stretches back. At left in the middle distance, a bicycle is parked in front of a small building, and foliage fills the background in the upper third.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2017.14
People
Ellsworth Kelly, American (Newburgh, NY 1923 - 2015 Spencertown, NY)
Title
Beach Cabana, Meschers
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1950
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/356280

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
32 × 22 cm (12 5/8 × 8 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
The estate of Ellsworth Kelly, sold; through [Matthew Marks Gallery, New York]; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2016.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Margaret Fisher Fund
Copyright
© Ellsworth Kelly Foundation
Accession Year
2017
Object Number
2017.14
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1110 Mid-Century Abstraction II (Post-Painterly Abstraction), Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/07/2017 - 10/12/2017

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