Untitled (moon over a harbor, wharf scene with full moon and masts of boats)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, Untitled (moon over a harbor, wharf scene with full moon and masts of boats), ca. 1868, oil on fiberboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of H. Alan and Melvin Frank, 1983.95.76
Edward Mitchell Bannister, Untitled (moon over a harbor, wharf scene with full moon and masts of boats), ca. 1868, oil on fiberboard, 9 5⁄8 x 15 1⁄4 in. (24.5 x 38.7 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of H. Alan and Melvin Frank, 1983.95.76
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Artwork Details

Title
Untitled (moon over a harbor, wharf scene with full moon and masts of boats)
Artist
Date
ca. 1868
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
9 5⁄8 x 15 1⁄4 in. (24.5 x 38.7 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of H. Alan and Melvin Frank
Mediums
Mediums Description
oil on fiberboard
Classifications
Subjects
  • Landscape — wharf
  • Architecture — boat — sailboat
  • Landscape — time — night
  • Landscape — celestial — moon
  • Waterscape — boat
Object Number
1983.95.76
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1983.95.76

Artwork Description

Edward Mitchell Bannister lived his entire life by the sea and probably made this painting while he was living in Boston in the late 1860s. Although he never traveled abroad, Bannister was influenced by late nineteenth-century French landscape painting, which shows in his thick brushstrokes, subdued colors, and simple compositions. In this painting of a moonlit harbor, the misty colors and bleak landscape create a mysterious scene, as if Bannister had painted it in the middle of the night.

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A. Mouron Cassandre, Integration, from the Early Series, 1937, gouache and scratchwork on prepared paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.54
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Date1937
gouache and scratchwork on prepared paper
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A. Mouron Cassandre, Diversification, from the Early Series, 1937, gouache on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.50
Diversification, from the Early Series
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Date1937
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A. Mouron Cassandre, First in Development, from the Early Series, 1937, gouache on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.52
First in Development, from the Early Series
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Date1937
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A. Mouron Cassandre, Strength and Beauty, from the Early Series, 1937, ink and scratchwork on prepared paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.58
Strength and Beauty, from the Early Series
Artist
Date1937
ink and scratchwork on prepared paper
Not on view

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