Smithsonian Institution Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Independence Avenue at 8th Street, S.W Washington District of Columbia 20560 Accession Number: 72.148
Date:
1914-1915
Notes:
"Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: 150 Works of Art," Washington, D.C.: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution in association with Harry N. Abrams, 1996, pg. 31.
Haskell, Barbara, " Marsden Hartley," New York: Whitney Museum of Art, 1980, cat. 37.
Robertson, Bruce, "Marsden Hartley," New York: Harry N. Abrams (in association with the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution), 1995, pg. 64.
"Marsden Hartley and Nova Scotia," Halifax: Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery, 1987, pg. 21.
Kornhauser, Elizabeth Mankin, "Marsden Hartley," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press in association with Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 2002, pl. 20.
"Roots of Abstract Art in America 1910-1930," Washington, DC: National Collection of Fine Arts, 1965, no. 85.
Kornhauser, Elizabeth Mankin, "Marsden Hartley," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press in association with Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 2002, pl. 20.
"Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: 150 Works of Art," Washington, D.C.: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution in association with Harry N. Abrams, 1996, pg. 30.
Haskell, Barbara, " Marsden Hartley," New York: Whitney Museum of Art, 1980, pl. 22.
Robertson, Bruce, "Marsden Hartley," New York: Harry N. Abrams (in association with the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution), 1995, pg. 65.
"Marsden Hartley and Nova Scotia," Halifax: Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery, 1987, pg. 21.
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Summary:
Abstract painting from the artist's "officer portrait" series features the colors of the German flag and emblems of German military uniforms, including checkered and diamond patterns, a cross, and the initials K.v.F. for his friend Karl von Freyburg, who was killed in 1914. The "E," "4," and "9" stand for Freyburg's regiment and the "24" stands for Freyburg's age when he died.
