The Summit, Marblehead, Massachusetts

Details

Oscar Florianus Bluemner (1867-1938)
The Summit, Marblehead, Massachusetts
signed with conjoined initials 'OFB' (in the margin)
watercolor and pencil on paper laid down on paper
4¾ x 3½ in. (12.1 x 8.9 cm.), image; 5¼ x 4¼ in. (13.3 x 10.8 cm.), sheet
Executed in 1924.

Provenance

Mrs. Adelyn D. Breeskin, Washington, D.C.
Daughter of the above, by descent.
[With]Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2003.

Exhibited

New York, Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, n.d., no. 17.

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Lot Essay

The present work is a study for the larger watercolor, The Summit (Private collection). According to Jeffrey Hayes, The Summit was executed as part of a series of watercolors Oscar Bluemner produced between 1924 and 1926. Although Bluemner originally intended to produce 100 works in the series, after the death of his wife and his subsequent move to Massachusetts, the series ended at a total of 59. The Summit was number 17 of this series and, according to the artist's diary, it was executed on October 5, 1924.

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