Cape Cod, Beach

Herman Hartwich, Cape Cod, Beach, 1894, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Emily Dorothy Ammann, 1965.14.8
Copied 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 — beach
  • Landscape — Massachusetts — Cape Cod
  • Landscape — coast
Object Number
1965.14.8
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/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.