Bowdoin College Museum of Art

Preview image of work. watercolor on artist's board, Untitled 15209

1979.35.a

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Artist

Reginald Marsh (3/14/1898 - 7/3/1954)

Title

Untitled

Creation Date

1952

Century

20th century

Dimensions

12 in. x 9 in. (30.48 cm x 22.86 cm)

Object Type

watercolor

Creation Place

North America, United States

Medium and Support

watercolor on artist's board

Credit Line

Bequest of Felicia Meyer Marsh

Copyright

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Accession Number

1979.35.a

Reginald Marsh’s art was nurtured by his extensive encounters with historic European art. Whether he keenly observed the lives of the downtrodden on New York’s Bowery or followed the urban masses on their commute and into places of entertainment, his focus remained on the figure. In the late 1930s Marsh increasingly refrained from tempera painting, commenting, “Watercolors give clarity, and allow for better drawing.” This untitled watercolor, perhaps based on a visit to Coney Island, inserts almost classical figures into a gestural all-over composition--the waves--that would not look out of place in an abstract expressionist work.