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Marsden Hartley

Marsden Hartley

Artist

WA-00003340

DadaismExpressionism

Representation

None documented

29

Institutional Exhibitions

45

Works in Collection

98

Assets Indexed

14

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ553259

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Master Prints from the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989

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Artists and Writers

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1978

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A Treasury of Modern Drawing: The Joan and Lester Avnet Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1978

No image

The Natural Paradise: Painting in America 1800�1950

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1976

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Recent Acquisitions: Painting and Sculpture

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1968

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Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1964

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50 Selections from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bareiss

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1958

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Paintings from Private Collections

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1955

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XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1954–1955

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From the Alfred Stieglitz Collection: An Extended Loan from the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1951

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Abstract Painting and Sculpture in America

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1951

No image

American Paintings from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1948–1949

Field Verification (7 fields)

1 cross-verified · 6 single-source

DeceasedWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
NationalityDuplicate Merge + Artsy+1· 85%
Birth yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%
Death yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%
LocationArtsy + Gallery· 85%
BiographyGallery Generic + Unknown· 72%
Primary mediumUnknown· 20%

Source Registry (3)

Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/marsden-hartley
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/2521
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Anton-Kern
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred60%

About

Why this artist matters now

No biography available for Marsden Hartley yet.

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Movement

Dadaism

Medium

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Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Art Institute of Chicago Cleveland Museum of Art Smithsonian American Art Museum Whitney Museum of American Art

Canonical record

Artworks (45)

Evening Storm, Schoodic, Maine

Evening Storm, Schoodic, Maine

1942 · Oil on board

30 x 40" (76.2 x 101.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Study for Prayer on Park Avenue

Study for Prayer on Park Avenue

1942 · Crayon on board

27 7/8 x 21 3/4" (70.8 x 55.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Boots

1941 · Oil on board

28 1/8 x 22 1/4" (71.4 x 56.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Madawaska, Acadian Light-Heavy, Third Arrangement

1940 · Oil on composition board

Overall: 27 7/8 × 21 3/4 in. (70.8 × 55.2 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Madawaska—Acadian Light-Heavy

Madawaska—Acadian Light-Heavy

1940 · Oil on hardboard

101.6 × 76.2 cm (40 × 30 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

(Lobster on Black Background)

(Lobster on Black Background)

1940 · oil on fiberboard

22 x 28 in. (55.9 x 71.1 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Albert Pinkham Ryder

1938 · Oil on commercially prepared paperboard (academy board)

28 × 22 in. (71.1 × 55.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Robin Hood Cove, Georgetown, Maine

1938 · Oil on paperboard

Overall: 21 3/4 × 25 7/8 in. (55.3 × 65.7 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Lobster Nets

1936 · Pen and black ink on cream wove paper

30.4 × 22.6 cm (12 × 8 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of a Sea Dove—Dead

Portrait of a Sea Dove—Dead

1935 · Oil on composition board

24.8 × 35 cm (9 3/4 × 13 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Waxenstein

1933 · Lithograph on cream wove paper

40.5 × 29 cm (16 × 11 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Waxenstein

1933 · lithograph on paper

image: 13 1/8 x 10 1/4 in. (33.3 x 26.0 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Mountain Crest, The Alps

Mountain Crest, The Alps

1933 · Pencil on paper

10 1/2 × 14 1/8" (26.7 × 35.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Bavarian Mountains

1933 · black crayon

Sheet: 25.8 x 33.3 cm (10 3/16 x 13 1/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Yliaster (Paracelsus)

Yliaster (Paracelsus)

1932 · oil on paperboard mounted on particleboard

25 1/4 x 28 1/2 in. (64.1 x 72.4 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Popocatepetl, Spirited Morning-- Mexico

Popocatepetl, Spirited Morning-- Mexico

1932 · oil on board

25 x 29 in. (63.5 x 73.7 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Still Life

1932 · oil on composition board

17 3/4 x 21 1/4 in. (45.1 x 54.0 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Pink Begonias

1928 · oil on wood panel

17 3/4 x 14 1/8 in. (45.2 x 36.0 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Still Life No. 3

Still Life No. 3

1923 · Oil on canvas

57.8 × 104.1 cm (22 3/4 × 41 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Pear in Basket

1923 · lithograph

19 1/2 x 25 1/2 in. (49.5 x 64.8 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Grapes

1923 · lithograph on paper

image: 9 1/2 x 12 in. (24.1 x 30.5 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Apples in Basket

Apples in Basket

1923 · lithograph on paper

image: 13 1/4 x 18 1/4 in. (33.7 x 46.3 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Apples on Table

Apples on Table

1923 · lithograph

image: 12 1/2 x 17 3/4 in. (31.8 x 45.1 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Grapes

1923 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 10 3/16 x 12 3/8" (25.8 x 31.4 cm); sheet: 13 3/8 x 15 7/16" (34 x 39.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (6)

45 published of 52 catalogued · 40 with image

Art Institute Chicago
14 published14 img
Smithsonian
12 published12 img
MoMA
7 publishedof 14 catalogued14 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
7 published
The Met
3 published
Whitney
2 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 7)

7 entries · 1 sources

Bavarian Mountains
1933 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
New Mexico Recollection
1918 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Pomegranate, Pear and Apple
1923 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Military
1914 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Landscape
1921 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Grapes in Bowl
1923 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Apples on a Table
1923 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

46 assets

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Artsy artwork: Portrait (ca. 1914)

Artsy

Artsy artwork: Leaves (2019)

Artsy

Artsy artwork: The Lobster

Artsy

Artsy artwork: Fieldscape

Artsy

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Bowl of Fruit (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Military Symbols 1 MET DP 13524 001

Wikimedia Commons

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Relationships

7

Movements2

Dadaism Expressionism

Collections5

Art Institute of Chicago Cleveland Museum of Art Smithsonian American Art Museum Whitney Museum of American Art Christie's

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Smithsonian American Art Museum

In collection

Whitney Museum of American Art

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Background

Education

Art Students League of New York

Visual Arts

National Academy of Design

Visual Arts

Cleveland Institute of Art

Visual Arts

Record

Selected Credits

20 total

1951Abstract Painting and Sculpture in America — Museum of Modern Artexhibition

1951From the Alfred Stieglitz Collection: An Extended Loan from the Metropolitan Museum of Art — Museum of Modern Artexhibition

1948American Paintings from the Museum Collection — Museum of Modern Artexhibition

1948New York Private Collections — Museum of Modern Artexhibition

1947Alfred Stieglitz Exhibition: His Collection — Museum of Modern Artexhibition

1946The Museum Collection of Painting — Museum of Modern Artexhibition

1946Paintings, Sculpture, and Graphic Arts from the Museum Collection — Museum of Modern Artexhibition

1945The Museum Collection of Painting and Sculpture — Museum of Modern Artexhibition

1944Painting, Sculpture, Prints — Museum of Modern Artexhibition

1944Marsden Hartley — Museum of Modern Artexhibition

1944Modern Drawings — Museum of Modern Artexhibition

1943Recent Acquisitions: European and American Paintings and Rugs — Museum of Modern Artexhibition

1943Romantic Painting in America — Museum of Modern Artexhibition

1942New Acquisitions: American Painting and Sculpture — Museum of Modern Artexhibition

1942Twentieth Century Portraits — Museum of Modern Artexhibition

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