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Painting No. 3

Artist Marsden Hartley (1877 - 1943)

Date1913

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions42 × 34 1/2 in. (106.7 × 87.6 cm)
Framed: 49 1/2 × 41 3/4 × 3 in.

ClassificationsPainting

Credit LineAlfred Stieglitz Collection, Co-owned by Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas

Accession number ASC.2012.61

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Provenanceacquired from the Artist by Alfred Stieglitz [1864-1946], New York, NY; by bequest to Georgia O’Keeffe [1887-1986] (his wife), New York, NY, 1946; given to Fisk University, Nashville, TN, 1949; to Fisk University, Nashville, TN, and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR (owned jointly), 2012
Label TextWhen Marsden Hartley moved to Germany in 1913, he encountered the paintings of Russian artist Wassily Kandinsky and the symbols of German military pageantry. These sources shaped Hartley’s approach to abstraction. The work here, made in Germany, features bright colors and striking flatness, distinguishing him from artists in the US. Here, the painting continues onto the frame, suggesting the canvas could not contain these lively forms and colors.

Cuando Marsden Hartley se mudó a Alemania en 1913, conoció las pinturas del artista ruso Wassily Kandinsky y los símbolos del esplendor militar alemán; las cuales fueron las fuentes que moldearon su enfoque hacia la abstracción. Esta obra, realizada en Alemania, se caracteriza por sus colores brillantes y su llamativa planitud, lo que lo distingue de los artistas de Estados Unidos. La pintura continúa sobre el marco, sugiriendo que el lienzo no podría contener estas formas y colores llenos de vida.