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The Lost Felice, (painting). Artist:  Hartley, Marsden, 1877-1943, painter. Title:  The Lost Felice, (painting). Dates:  ca. 1939. Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  40 1/8 x 30 3/16 in. (101.9 x 76.6 cm) Inscription:  (On verso, across top:) THE LOST/FELICE./Marsden/Hartley/1939-40. signed Description:  Two fisherman and a woman holding fish. Subject:  Figure group -- Family Animal -- Fish Homage -- Mason, Alty Homage -- Mason, Donny Homage -- Mason, Alice Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90036 Accession Number: 63.5 Provenance:  Formerly in the collection of Bareiss, Walter, Mr. & Mrs., Greenwich, Connecticut Paul Kantor Galleries, Los Angeles, California Remarks:  The painting was done in tribute to friends of the artist --two brothers, Alty and Donna Mason--who drowned at sea in a rainstorm. The female figure in the center probably represents their sister, Alice Mason, known for her domestic chores. The composition alludes to angels supporting Christ. References:  Kornhauser, Elizabeth Mankin, "Marsden Hartley," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press in association with Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 2002, pl. 69. Fort, Ilene Susan and Michael Quick, "American Art: A Catalogue of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Collection," Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1991, pg. 247-249. Haskell, Barbara, " Marsden Hartley," New York: Whitney Museum of Art, 1980, cat. 86. Robertson, Bruce, "Marsden Hartley," New York: Harry N. Abrams (in association with the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution), 1995, pg. 119. Scott, Gail R., "Marsden Hartley," New York: Abbeville Press, 1988, no. 90. "Marsden Hartley and Nova Scotia," Halifax: Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery, 1987, pl. 4. "Lyonel Feininger / Marsden Hartley," New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1944, pg. 92. Illustration:  Kornhauser, Elizabeth Mankin, "Marsden Hartley," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press in association with Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 2002, pl. 69. Fort, Ilene Susan and Michael Quick, "American Art: A Catalogue of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Collection," Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1991, pg. 76. Haskell, Barbara, " Marsden Hartley," New York: Whitney Museum of Art, 1980, pl. 104. Robertson, Bruce, "Marsden Hartley," New York: Harry N. Abrams (in association with the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution), 1995, pg. 118. Scott, Gail R., "Marsden Hartley," New York: Abbeville Press, 1988, pg. 102. "Marsden Hartley and Nova Scotia," Halifax: Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery, 1987, pl. 4. "Lyonel Feininger / Marsden Hartley," New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1944, pg. 54. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAP 02960229   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 02960229 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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