Bermuda Sky and Sea with Boats
In February 1917, Demuth arrived in Bermuda for a month or so, where he joined his friend, the painter Marsden Hartley, who was staying there for a longer time. In one of Hartley's letters to Stieglitz he describes the earthly paradise that Demuth was soon to see: "I like the suggestion of the orient in the voluptuousness of vegetation about—the large red hibiscus blossoms— …and the sensuous banana trees are every where in evidence— It all suggests the gold - frankincense & myrth [sic] of the East for there is such opulence of perfume and of spicy fragrances and the people are at once gentle and kindly…" Demuth's stay in Bermuda was a great artistic success, with Hartley writing to Stieglitz: "D. has also done well & will take back things creditable."
Artwork Details
- Title: Bermuda Sky and Sea with Boats
- Artist: Charles Demuth (American, Lancaster, Pennsylvania 1883–1935 Lancaster, Pennsylvania)
- Date: ca. 1917
- Medium: Watercolor on paper
- Dimensions: 9 15/16 × 14 1/16 in. (25.2 × 35.7 cm)
- Classification: Drawings
- Credit Line: Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949
- Object Number: 49.70.69
- Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
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