Raphael Soyer (American, 1899-1987). Portrait of Marsden Hartley, 1943. Watercolor on paper. 12 x 9 inches (30.5 x 22.9 ...

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Raphael Soyer (American, 1899-1987)
Portrait of Marsden Hartley, 1943
Watercolor on paper
12 x 9 inches (30.5 x 22.9 cm) (sheet)
Signed and dated lower right: Raphael / Soyer
Dated and titled center left and right: Marsden Hartley / 1943

PROVENANCE:
The artist;
Private collection, New York, gift from the above;
By descent to the present owner.

EXHIBITED:
Forum Gallery, New York, "Artists by Artists," 1965.

When Portrait of Marsden Hartley was gifted to the mother of the present owner, the artist explained that Hartley did not wear his dentures while sitting for his portrait, hence the subject's tight-lipped smile and sunken cheeks.


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