John Twachtman
Boat at Dock, Newport

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Artist John Twachtman (American, 1853–1902)American, 1853–1902

CultureAmerican

Titles

Boat at Dock, Newport

Date1889

MediumPastel on sandpaper board

DimensionsSheet: 13 11/16 x 20 3/8 in.

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Frank J. Hevrdejs, Jim Crane, and Gary Petersen in honor of Bob McNair at "One Great Night in November, 2016"

Object number2016.215

Not on view

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Department

Prints and Drawings

Object Type

DRAWINGS, PASTELS & WATERCOLORS

ProvenanceR.Hamlin, Brookline, Massachusetts, by 1965; [to Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, 1965]; private collection, 1965-2012; [to Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, 2012-2016]; purchased by MFAH, 2016.
Exhibition History[possibly] part of the May 1890 Society of Painters in Pastel exhibition, at Wunderlich Gallery, New York. It may have been titled Coal Dock in which case it is referenced in a New York Times review of the show. “[Twachtman’s] ‘Cliffs at Newport’ is not, however, so much of a sketch, yet is one of the best drawings shown. ‘Sailboats,’ ‘Coal Dock,’ and the ‘Mary Ann’ are delightful marines touched in with spirit, but not made tedious.” [“Painters in Pastel,” New York Times, May 5, 1890, p. 7.]
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Recto: Signed in pastel, bottom left corner: J. H. Twachtman
Verso: [inaccessible]

Recto: [none]
Verso: [inaccessible]

Catalogue raisonnéPeters and Spanierman (included, forthcoming)

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