Movement No. 5, Provincetown Houses

Name: Movement No. 5, Provincetown Houses
Brand: Marsden Hartley
Price: 189.0 AUD
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1916 · oil and charcoal on paperboard · Marsden Hartley

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Movement No. 5, Provincetown Houses by Marsden Hartley, shown at 32 × 40 in (81.3 × 101.6 cm) on canvas in Ramino Opaque White, den — Shown at 813 × 1016 mm (32 × 40 in) · Framed canvas, Ramino Opaque White · Den

Movement No. 5, Provincetown Houses by Marsden Hartley, shown at 32 × 40 in (81.3 × 101.6 cm) in Ramino Satin Black, media room — Shown at 813 × 1016 mm (32 × 40 in) · Framed paper, Ramino Satin Black · Media room

Movement No. 5, Provincetown Houses by Marsden Hartley, shown at 32 × 40 in (81.3 × 101.6 cm) as gallery-wrapped canvas, hotel lobby — Shown at 813 × 1016 mm (32 × 40 in) · Gallery-wrapped canvas · Hotel lobby

Story

A cluster of white houses with dark window openings sits beneath a tall tower, set against a deep blue sky filled with tan, angular shapes. The composition reduces the buildings to simplified geometric blocks, giving the scene a condensed, almost stacked feeling. Marsden Hartley made this piece in 1916, working in oil and charcoal on paperboard, and it is now held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, having entered the collection through the Alfred Stieglitz Collection. Hartley, who lived from 1877 to 1943, worked within Expressionism. The sharp tan forms pressing against the dark sky are worth lingering on, since they break the quiet rows of houses with an abrupt burst of jagged energy.