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Photography by Edward C. Robison III.
Hall of the Mountain King
Marsden Hartley took a modern approach to landscape: he wasn’t interested in depicting nature with scientific precision or reproducing a scene with great accuracy. He wanted to convey the energy and power of the mountains by using a more abstract style. His thickly applied brushstrokes and bright palette of pinks, blues, yellows, oranges, and whites draw our attention to the paint itself. The format of the landscape is also inventive, as he chose a square composition rather than a conventional rectangular one.
ArtistMarsden Hartley(1877-1943)
Dateca. 1908-1909
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions38 1/2 x 38 1/2 x 2 1/4 in.
Inscription(s)verso, on stretcher, in pencil: The Hall of the Mountain King
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2010.94
ClassificationPainting
ProvenanceAlfred Stieglitz [1864-1946], New York, NY; to Estate of Alfred Stieglitz, 1946; to Erhard Weyhe [1883-1972], 1949, New York, NY; to Gertrude Weyhe Dennis [1915-2003] (his daughter), New York, NY; Private Collection; to (Sotheby's, Inc., New York, NY); purchased by a private foundation for Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2005
On ViewYes
This artwork's face covers about 203× the area of a tennis ball.Drawn to the same scale.
