Mont Sainte-Victoire Marsden Hartley (American, 1877-1943). Mont Sainte-Victoire, 1926-1927. Graphite on thick, roughly textured, cream-colored wove paper, Sheet: 22 5/8 x 31 3/16 in. ( x cm). As an homage to Paul Cézanne, the modernist Marsden Hartley spent a period living and working in the French artist’s favorite landscape, Aix-en- Provence, in the South of France. As Cézanne had done, Hartley depicted the distinctive profile of Mont Sainte-Victoire repeatedly. In this spare drawing, he captured the stark monumentality and sculptural contours of the mountain while using a flatter
Mont Sainte-Victoire Marsden Hartley (American, 1877-1943). Mont Sainte-Victoire, 1926-1927. Graphite on thick, roughly textured, cream-colored wove paper, Sheet: 22 5/8 x 31 3/16 in. ( x cm). As an homage to Paul Cézanne, the modernist Marsden Hartley spent a period living and working in the French artist’s favorite landscape, Aix-en- Provence, in the South of France. As Cézanne had done, Hartley depicted the distinctive profile of Mont Sainte-Victoire repeatedly. In this spare drawing, he captured the stark monumentality and sculptural contours of the mountain while using a flatter and more economical treatment for the foreground valley, where he incorporated large areas of blank paper and rendered structures in faceted planes that evoke Cézanne’s style. Although Hartley was working in front of the natural motif, he envisioned this landscape through the lens of Cézanne’s art. American Art 1926-1927
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