Artist
Edward Henry Potthast (American, 1857–1927)American, 1857–1927
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Swimming in the Surf
Datec. 1910
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsCanvas: 20 3/16 × 24 in. (51.2 × 61 cm)
Frame: 26 7/16 × 30 1/2 × 1 5/16 in. (67.2 × 77.5 × 3.4 cm)
Frame: 26 7/16 × 30 1/2 × 1 5/16 in. (67.2 × 77.5 × 3.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of the James William Glanville and Nancy Hart Glanville Collection
Object number2021.102
Non exposé
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Department
American ArtObject Type
Exhibition HistoryFrench Impressionists Influence American Artists. University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL. March 19-April 25, 1971. No. 136 as “Bathing Scene—Children Playing in the Ocean.”
The City as a Source. Kennedy Galleries, NY. November 16-December 3, 1977. No. 44.
The American Tradition of Realism, Part II: Paintings and Sculpture of the Twentieth Century. Kennedy Galleries, NY. April 5-May 7, 1983
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed, LL “E. Potthast”
Catalogue raisonnéN/A
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Sir Henry Raeburn
c. 1800
Oil on canvas
BF.1986.15
William Henry Huddle
c. 1860
Oil on canvas
B.69.404
