An abstract landscape painting of a group of red plateaus at sunrise or sunset.

Earth Cooling

Marsden Hartley (1877-1943)

Date

1932
Object Type

Paintings
Medium

Oil on cardboard mounted on masonite
Dimensions

24 1/2 x 33 7/8 in.
Inscriptions

Verso [before mounted to masonite]:
titled, signed, and dated c.c. in blue paint: EARTH-COOLING \ MARSDeN \ HARTLEY \ MEXICO \ 1932.
u.l. in graphite: MMA27 \ Rainford 33-d
u.c. in graphite on label: 34
u.c. in graphite: -86#-
u.r. in graphite: 11 [sideways, encircled]
c.l. in graphite: -63-[sideways]
c.r. in graphite: -63-[sideways]
l.l. in graphite: 315 \ 12280 [stamped in ink]
l.c. in graphite: -86-
label: ARTIST MARSDEN HARTLEY No. XG 4 \ TITLE EARTH COOLING, MEXICO Date 1932 \ MEDIUM Oil Size 33-3/4 x 24-1/4 S.P.DGII \ THE DOWNTOWN GALLERY 32 E. 51st St., New York
label: PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART \ Parkway at 26th Street, Philadelphia 30 \ ARTIST M. Hartley 5-1958-21 \ TITLE Cooling Earth, Mexico, 1932. \ oil \ EXHIBITION --- \ LENDER Dr. Michael Watter \ ADDRESS OF LENDER 1924 Rittenhouse Sq., Phila.
label: PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART \ Parkway at 26th Street, Philadelphia 1 \ ARTIST MARSDEN HARTLEY \ TITLE Cooling Earth, Mexico, 1932 \ EXHIBITION "Philadelphia Collects 20th Century" \ LENDER Dr. and Mrs. Michael Watter \ ADDRESS OF LENDER Philadelphia
[removed] printed label: AMARILLO ART CENTER \ EXHIBIT Beween the Wars [typewritten] NO. 23 [typewritten] \ ARTIST Marsden Hartley [typewritten] \ TITLE Earth Cooling, Mexico [typewritten] \ MEDIA oil on panel [typewritten] DATE 1932 [typewritten] \ AMARILLO, TEXAS
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

1967.191
Copyright

Public domain

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October 6, 2018–March 22, 2019

During the renovation, this exhibition features highlights from the permanent collection, including paintings, photographs, and sculptures, by some of America’s most renowned artists.

Location: On view

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