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Painter:
Hart, George Overbury 1868-1933  Search this
Medium:
Watercolor on cardboard
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
University of Kansas Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art 1301 Mississippi Street Lawrence Kansas 66045 Accession Number: 00.140
Date:
1917
Notes:
"American Drawings and Watercolors from the Collection of the University of Kansas Museum of Art," Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas Museum of Art, 1973, no. 71.
Summary:
Coastal scene depicting two boat captains seated around a table at a wharf tavern overlooking a harbor, with one figure facing the viewer, and the other turned in profile to the left, a cigar held up in his right hand. A man's hat rests on the tabletop beside a coffee cup and a glass. In the background several sailboats moored in the harbor are visible.
Topic:
Landscape--Coast  Search this
Landscape--Wharf  Search this
Architecture--Boat--Sailboat  Search this
Figure group--Male  Search this
Occupation--Transportation--Captain  Search this
Recreation--Leisure--Eating & Drinking  Search this
Recreation--Leisure--Smoking  Search this
Control number:
IAP 15930111
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_404118