Still Life No. 1
Still Life No. 1
Artist
Marsden Hartley
(1877 - 1943)
Date1916
MediumReverse oil on glass
Dimensions11 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. (28.6 x 21 cm)
Framed: 12 7/8 x 9 1/2 x 1 in. (44.1 x 35.7 x 5.1 cm)
Framed: 12 7/8 x 9 1/2 x 1 in. (44.1 x 35.7 x 5.1 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineAlfred Stieglitz Collection, Co-owned by Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas
Accession number
ASC.2012.63
On View
Not on viewCollections
Label TextReverse painting on glass is a centuries-old form, used by artists from a wide range of cultures and time periods. For this technique, the artist applies paint to the back of the glass surface, with the resulting image then viewed from the opposite side. Marsden Hartley admired European and American folk art reverse painting on glass from the nineteenth century. He experimented with the technique in a number of still life paintings.
