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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1970.78
People
Martin Mower, American (Lynn, MA 1870 - 1960 Vancouver, British Columbia)
Title
Nahant Shore (recto and verso)
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Seascape (Mahomet Shore) Verso: Same
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
19th-20th century
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/308996

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor and white gouache on blue wove paper; verso: watercolor and graphite
Dimensions
12.8 x 18.4 cm (5 1/16 x 7 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, graphite, in artist's hand: Sea yellow [surface?] blue / sky [ivory?] celery & [brown?]
  • inscription: verso of old mount [see photocopy in curatorial file]: by Martin Mower to / Alfred Mansfield Brooks-- Jan [different hand:] 1896
  • inscription: verso of old mount [see photocopy in curatorial file]: Nahant Shore
  • inscription: verso of old mount [see photocopy in curatorial file]: 19270

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Martin Mower; to Alfred Mansfield Brooks, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, 1896; to Mrs. Arthur Mansfield (Ruth Steele) Brooks, at his death, 1963, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1970.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Mrs. Alfred Mansfield Brooks
Accession Year
1970
Object Number
1970.78
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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