MARSDEN HARTLEY (American 1877-1943) OLD MAID CROCHETING 1908.

MARSDEN HARTLEY (American 1877-1943) OLD MAID CROCHETING 1908. Graphite on paper drawing of a woman seated in a rocking chair crocheting in her lap with a basket of yarn on the floor. Inscribed lower left “Old Maid Crocheting”. Unsigned. Housed in a gilt wood frame with linen and gold liner. On reverse is a copy of the drawing “Old Main Mending” that is in the Brooklyn Museum of Art. Also on reverse are three gallery labels, including “Vance Jordan Fine Art Inc.”, “Babcock Galleries” and “C. Duncan Connelly”. Note: Due to the sale of a 1906 painting to Boston collector Desmond Fitzgerald, Hartley had enough funds to establish himself in the summer of 1908 in North Lovell, Maine, where he painted directly from the landscape until the autumn, when he started working from memory and imagination. It was at this time that Hartley found his own voice and produced a remarkable body of work and today, one can account for at least 70 oil paintings from 1908. However, he ran out of oil paints at one stage and probably was not able to replace them easily, as North Lovell was so remote. Thus, he turned to making a large number of drawings, primarily of people that he saw in the community, acquaintances, woodsmen and some self-portraits. These drawings are highly expressive and individualistic, as were his paintings. After this body of work was executed, he returned to painting and did not do drawings as finished works until the 1920s. One can see how he repeated certain motifs of the same figures so, not surprisingly, there are two versions of the old maid crocheting. The other one is in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum and is illustrated in Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser’s “Marsden Hartley: American Modernist” and Donna Cassidy’s “Marsden Hartley.” SIZE: 11-3/4″ x 9″. PROVENANCE: Chris Huntington Collection. CONDITION: Very good. 9-26320 (5,000-7,000)

Auction: Fine Art, Antiques & Asian - August 2012

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	1036	$0.00	MARSDEN HARTLEY (American 1877-1943) OLD MAID CROCHETING 1908. Graphite on paper drawing of a woman seated in a rocking chair crocheting in her lap with a basket of yarn on the floor. Inscribed lower left “Old Maid Crocheting”. Unsigned. Housed in a gilt wood frame with linen and gold liner. On reverse is a copy of the drawing “Old Main Mending” that is in the Brooklyn Museum of Art. Also on reverse are three gallery labels, including “Vance Jordan Fine Art Inc.”, “Babcock Galleries” and “C. Duncan Connelly”. Note: Due to the sale of a 1906 painting to Boston collector Desmond Fitzgerald, Hartley had enough funds to establish himself in the summer of 1908 in North Lovell, Maine, where he painted directly from the landscape until the autumn, when he started working from memory and imagination. It was at this time that Hartley found his own voice and produced a remarkable body of work and today, one can account for at least 70 oil paintings from 1908. However, he ran out of oil paints at one stage and probably was not able to replace them easily, as North Lovell was so remote. Thus, he turned to making a large number of drawings, primarily of people that he saw in the community, acquaintances, woodsmen and some self-portraits. These drawings are highly expressive and individualistic, as were his paintings. After this body of work was executed, he returned to painting and did not do drawings as finished works until the 1920s. One can see how he repeated certain motifs of the same figures so, not surprisingly, there are two versions of the old maid crocheting. The other one is in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum and is illustrated in Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser’s “Marsden Hartley: American Modernist” and Donna Cassidy’s “Marsden Hartley.” SIZE: 11-3/4″ x 9″. PROVENANCE: Chris Huntington Collection. CONDITION: Very good. 9-26320 (5,000-7,000) Auction: Fine Art, Antiques & Asian - August 2012 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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