Painting No. 48 Marsden Hartley (American, 1877-1943). Painting No. 48, 1913. Oil on canvas, 47 3/16 x 47 3/16in. ( x ). The number 8 seems to explode into the foreground of this painting, separating itself from a vibrant pattern of colors and shapes. Writing from Berlin, where he painted this work, Marsden Hartley revealed that the painting represented the mystical embodiment of “eight” (in many religions, a number associated with transcendence from the material to the spiritual). Although he offered no additional explanation, hints of his experience of pre–World War I Germany em
Painting No. 48 Marsden Hartley (American, 1877-1943). Painting No. 48, 1913. Oil on canvas, 47 3/16 x 47 3/16in. ( x ). The number 8 seems to explode into the foreground of this painting, separating itself from a vibrant pattern of colors and shapes. Writing from Berlin, where he painted this work, Marsden Hartley revealed that the painting represented the mystical embodiment of “eight” (in many religions, a number associated with transcendence from the material to the spiritual). Although he offered no additional explanation, hints of his experience of pre–World War I Germany emerge in the arrangement of forms that are suggestive of military insignias and the brash sounds of military bands. American Art 1913
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