Marsden Hartley American, 1877-1943
Petunias from Lachaise's Garden, 1937-1938
Oil on board
18 x 24 inches
45.7 x 61 cm
45.7 x 61 cm
Inscribed on verso in pencil: Petunia's from Lachaise's Garden
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Provenance
Estate of the artist;[Paul Rosenberg & Co., New York];
Hudson Walker, New York; to
Private collection, Philadelphia (gift from the above), c. 1955;
[Aaron Payne Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico]
Exhibitions
Paul Rosenberg & Co., New York, Drawings and Paintings by Marsden Hartley, December 11-30, 1944, no. 5 (as Petunias) // Shore Galleries, Boston, Marsden Hartley 1877-1943, March 7-24, 1962, no. 20 (as dated 1935) // Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, New York, Marsden Hartley (1877-1943): Paintings and Drawings, March 6-April 27, 1985, no. 59, illus. // Alexandre Gallery, New York, Gallery Selections, March 4-29, 2014Literature
Bruce Weber, The Heart of the Matter: The Still Lifes of Marsden Hartley, New York: Berry-Hill Galleries, 2003, p. 71, illus. fig. 52This painting is included in Gail R. Scott’s The Marsden Hartley Legacy Project: Paintings and Works on Paper.