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Afternoon on the Sea, Monhegan, (painting)

Catalog Data

Painter:
Kent, Rockwell 1882-1971  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco M. H. de Young Memorial Museum Golden Gate Park San Francisco California 94118 Accession Number: 1994.11
Date:
1907
Notes:
Burgard, Timothy Anglin, ed., "Masterworks of American Painting at the de Young," San Francisco, CA: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 2005, pg. 268.
West, Richard V., "An Enkindled Eye: The Paintings of Rockwell Kent," Santa Barbara, CA: Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1985, no. 6.
Wien, Jake Milgram, "Rockwell Kent: The Mythic and the Modern," New York: Hudson Hills Press in Association with the Portland Museum of Art," 2005. no. 5.
"Rockwell Kent," New York: American Artists Group, 1945.
Summary:
Waterscape depicting fishermen in their dories rowing along the shore as the sun low in the sky, begins to set, casting Monhegan Island in dark blue shadows.
Topic:
Landscape--Maine--Monhegan Island  Search this
Landscape--Time--Afternoon  Search this
Architecture--Boat--Rowboat  Search this
Figure group  Search this
Occupation--Industry--Fishing  Search this
Control number:
IAP 04150020
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_378320