Military

COLLECTION NAME:

The AMICA Library

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AMICO~1~1

The AMICA Library

Collection

true

AMICA ID:

CMA_.1981.83

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CMA_.1981.83

AMICA ID

false

AMICA Library Year:

1999

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1999

AMICA Library Year

false

Object Type:

Paintings

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Paintings

Object Type

false

Creator Name:

Hartley, Marsden

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Hartley, Marsden

Creator Name

false

Creator Nationality:

North American; American

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North American; American

Creator Nationality

false

Creator Role:

artist

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artist

Creator Role

false

Creator Dates/Places:

1877 - 1943

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1877 - 1943

Creator Dates/Places

false

Gender:

M

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M

Gender

false

Creator Name-CRT:

Marsden Hartley

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Marsden Hartley

Creator Name-CRT

false

Title:

Military

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Military

Title

false

Title Type:

Primary

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Primary

Title Type

false

View:

Full View

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Full View

View

false

Creation Date:

1914-1915

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1914-1915

Creation Date

false

Creation Start Date:

1914

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1914

Creation Start Date

false

Creation End Date:

1915

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1915

Creation End Date

false

Materials and Techniques:

oil on canvas

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oil on canvas

Materials and Techniques

false

Dimensions:

Unframed: 60.3cm x 49.4cm

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Unframed: 60.3cm x 49.4cm

Dimensions

false

AMICA Contributor:

The Cleveland Museum of Art

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The Cleveland Museum of Art

AMICA Contributor

false

Owner Location:

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Owner Location

false

ID Number:

1981.83

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1981.83

ID Number

false

Credit Line:

Gift of Professor Nelson Goodman

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Gift of Professor Nelson Goodman

Credit Line

false

Inscriptions:

signed on back: Marsden Hartley

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signed on back: Marsden Hartley

Inscriptions

false

Rights:

http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html

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<a href="http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html"target="_new">http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html</a>

Rights

false

Provenance:

artist's sale, New York, 1921 ("Pre-War Pageant"). Albert Barnes, Philadelphia. Charles Demuth, Lancaster, Penn., by descent.

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artist's sale, New York, 1921 ("Pre-War Pageant"). Albert Barnes, Philadelphia. Charles Demuth, Lancaster, Penn., by descent.

Provenance

false

Context:

Marsden Hartley developed a personal language of symbols that he used in his paintings like a code to be deciphered. In Military, these signs record impressions of parades and celebrations that Hartley witnessed while living in Berlin in the years before World War I. Bright colors and geometric shapes recall the ribbons, medallions and banners of military pageantry. Some of these symbols refer to a Prussian soldier named Karl von Freyburg, who was a close friend of Hartley and was killed in 1914. Forexample, the four-petaled red and black shape near the center of the canvas alludes to von Freyburg's membership in the fourth regimental unit of the German Kaiser's guards. When combined with the red "2" painted below, it also symbolizes the number 24---von Freyburg's age when he died. More generally, the red cross on a white background denotes the flag of the International Red Cross as a reminder of humanitarian concerns amidst the loss and destruction of war.

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Marsden Hartley developed a personal language of symbols that he used in his paintings like a code to be deciphered. In Military, these signs record impressions of parades and celebrations that Hartley witnessed while living in Berlin in the years before World War I. Bright colors and geometric shapes recall the ribbons, medallions and banners of military pageantry. Some of these symbols refer to a Prussian soldier named Karl von Freyburg, who was a close friend of Hartley and was killed in 1914. Forexample, the four-petaled red and black shape near the center of the canvas alludes to von Freyburg's membership in the fourth regimental unit of the German Kaiser's guards. When combined with the red "2" painted below, it also symbolizes the number 24---von Freyburg's age when he died. More generally, the red cross on a white background denotes the flag of the International Red Cross as a reminder of humanitarian concerns amidst the loss and destruction of war.

Context

false

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