Herman Hartwich, Cape Cod, Beach, 1894, oil on canvas, 13 3⁄4 x 21 3⁄4 in. (34.9 x 55.4 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Emily Dorothy Ammann, 1965.14.8
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Artwork Details
- Title
- Cape Cod, Beach
- Artist
- Date
- 1894
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 13 3⁄4 x 21 3⁄4 in. (34.9 x 55.4 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Emily Dorothy Ammann
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- oil on canvas
- Classifications
- Subjects
- Landscape — Massachusetts — Cape Cod
- Landscape — coast
- Landscape — beach
- Object Number
- 1965.14.8
Artwork Description
Herman Hartwich painted Sand Dune and Beach on Cape Cod, a great curling hook of land jutting out from the eastern coast of Massachusetts. In the nineteenth century the cape was a popular destination for tourists and artists, and the expressive brushstrokes and ragged margins suggest Hartwich painted these on the spot as studies for finished works.
